Eight servings of fruit and vegetables sounds like so much. How am I supposed to eat all of that every day?
First, remember that your number one goal is to increase your daily intake of fruits and vegetables so if you’re not eating five to six servings of fruits and vegetables now, don’t focus on trying to eat eight servings right away. Focus instead on eating one or two more servings a day from where you are. The easiest way to consume eight fruit and vegetables per day is to combine them. Make a blender-smoothie that contains one, two or even four to five servings of fruits (like a half of a banana, ½ cup of strawberries, ½ cup of blueberries and a ½ cup of sliced oranges). Eat one large salad (3-4 cups of leafy greens) at one of your meals and, between the salad and the smoothie, you could have easily eaten seven to eight servings. FYI: one 15 oz can of vegetables also contains four servings.
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