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Are you eating too few fruits and vegetables?

Are you eating too few fruits and vegetables?

The majority of adults worldwide should eat twice as many fruits and vegetables. Do you also belong to that group?

What?!
The World Health Organization recommends eating 400 grams of fruit and vegetables per day, which is equivalent to five servings. 60 to 87 percent of adults eat less than the guideline recommends.

Why is it so important to eat fruits and vegetables?
Vegetables and fruits are rich in phytonutrients, organic substances that are necessary to maintain our resistance and health. Eating fruit and vegetables is very important for this and therefore more attention should be paid to this worldwide.

This is what the daily recommended amount looks like
What do those five servings a day look like? Fitsugar made a nice series of photos. Below you can see one of the images that shows how many fruits and vegetables you should eat in a day.

Do you eat enough fruit and vegetables?

Are you eating too few fruits and vegetables?