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5 a day - help!
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hi, since i have found out i'm preggers i am trying to eat healthily. I am really trying to get my 5 a day in, but would like to know 2 lings
1) do baked beans and lentils count?
2) i have been having innocent smoothies which claim to be 2 of your 5 a day, but then have also read that juice only counts as 1 no matter how much you have -which i sright?
1) do baked beans and lentils count?
2) i have been having innocent smoothies which claim to be 2 of your 5 a day, but then have also read that juice only counts as 1 no matter how much you have -which i sright?
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it more to do with the different types of fruit in the smoothie, btw have you tried mixing it with fizzy water, much nicer
it more to do with the different types of fruit in the smoothie, btw have you tried mixing it with fizzy water, much nicer
they do count woofgang - see extract from link above
•Smoothies. A smoothie containing all of the edible pulped fruit and/or vegetable may count as more than one portion but this depends on how it's made. Smoothies count as up to a maximum of two portions per day. For more details, see 5 A DAY FAQs.
•Beans and pulses. These only count as one portion a day, no matter how many you eat. That's because they contain fewer nutrients than other fruits and vegetables.
•Smoothies. A smoothie containing all of the edible pulped fruit and/or vegetable may count as more than one portion but this depends on how it's made. Smoothies count as up to a maximum of two portions per day. For more details, see 5 A DAY FAQs.
•Beans and pulses. These only count as one portion a day, no matter how many you eat. That's because they contain fewer nutrients than other fruits and vegetables.
Glad all is well with you. Good to get into a good routine now with your fruit and veg bednobs, cos you'll need to make sure the wee one gets their's too and they learn best by example. It's actually not really that hard to do. Try to get as many different colours of fruit and veg as you can. Is there anything you don't like?
I chop a banana into my cereal in the morning and will have a glass of fruit juice with it. I take an apple or a couple of mandarins with me to work. I will either have salad with my lunch or sometimes if I go to the canteen, I just have veg especially if one of the veg is something like cauliflower cheese and I will have that with whatever else they have on. Sometimes I can have had my 5 before I get home and the kids are usually on 4 or 5 by then. Home from work and I will have a glass of smoothie or a fruit shake - depends on what I am making for the kids and what we have around needing to be used up. Could have fresh pineapple or mango or grapes - if needing to do a shop, then it will be a bowl of raisins or something. We always have at least one veg or salad with dinner - you can sneak it in for the wee ones, i always pulp some big carrots and melt them into bolognaise for example. so it isn't really that hard as long as you have stuff in. Now it comes to the nice weather, I like to make a bowl of fruit salad and keep it in the fridge - if you add a tin of mandarins in juice, then you don't need any other preservative and as long as you don't put banana in it, it will last a few days.
If you are stuck for fresh, tinned fruit in fruit juice will count - you could always add some yoghurt or a sneaky bit of ice-cream into the bowl!
My kids struggle a bit with the veg, but would eat fruit like it's going out of fashion.
I chop a banana into my cereal in the morning and will have a glass of fruit juice with it. I take an apple or a couple of mandarins with me to work. I will either have salad with my lunch or sometimes if I go to the canteen, I just have veg especially if one of the veg is something like cauliflower cheese and I will have that with whatever else they have on. Sometimes I can have had my 5 before I get home and the kids are usually on 4 or 5 by then. Home from work and I will have a glass of smoothie or a fruit shake - depends on what I am making for the kids and what we have around needing to be used up. Could have fresh pineapple or mango or grapes - if needing to do a shop, then it will be a bowl of raisins or something. We always have at least one veg or salad with dinner - you can sneak it in for the wee ones, i always pulp some big carrots and melt them into bolognaise for example. so it isn't really that hard as long as you have stuff in. Now it comes to the nice weather, I like to make a bowl of fruit salad and keep it in the fridge - if you add a tin of mandarins in juice, then you don't need any other preservative and as long as you don't put banana in it, it will last a few days.
If you are stuck for fresh, tinned fruit in fruit juice will count - you could always add some yoghurt or a sneaky bit of ice-cream into the bowl!
My kids struggle a bit with the veg, but would eat fruit like it's going out of fashion.
Once you get into the habit, it stays. We have more than our 5 a day. I always keep a pack of spinach and add it to all sorts of dishes. Mr LL swears he doesn't like Spinach and he has be eating it for years without knowing.
Its also very easy to make soup with loads of different veg. I add any leftover veg into whatever soup I am making.
Snack on dried fruit and nuts. Dates and figs are lovely. (high in sugar though!)
Its also very easy to make soup with loads of different veg. I add any leftover veg into whatever soup I am making.
Snack on dried fruit and nuts. Dates and figs are lovely. (high in sugar though!)
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