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Fruit and Veggie Intake

Most people reading this are probably fine for the micronutrients we
get in meat, dairy and starchy carbs. It’s generally the ones from fruit and

veg that we need to pay attention to, as they are the foods most often
skipped for ease.

I usually use these guidelines:

• Eat one or two pieces of fruit a day.

• Eat fibrous veg with every meal.

• Try and eat a variety of fruits and veg rather than the same things

every day (that’s the “taste the rainbow” part).

Then, if there are issues, we may look at total fiber intake or suggest
a multivitamin. This is the simplest way of looking at your micronutrition.

Unfortunately, up until my mid-twenties I considered fruits and veggies a

pain in the butt to cook and expensive to buy. My taste in food has changed
and I enjoy almost all vegetables now, but back then I believed there was an

option of taking a pill instead. I couldn’t have been more wrong.

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