For healthy living and wellbeing: five servings of fruits and vegetables daily
- Small sized fruit
You should consume around two small fruits per day, such as:
2 plums, 2 kiwis, 3 apricots, 6 lychees, 7 strawberries or 14 cherries.
- Medium sized fruit
You should consume one medium sized fruit per day, such as:
1 apple, 1 banana, 1 pear, 1 orange or a nectarine.
- Large sized fruit
When it comes to large sized fruit, you can consume them in smaller portions, such as:
half a grapefruit, 1 slice of papaya, 1 slice of melon, 1 large slice of mango.
- Green vegetables
A daily green vegetable portion is 2 broccoli spears, 2 tablespoons of cooked spinach or 4 tablespoons of cooked kale or green beans.
- Cooked vegetables
Your daily portion should include 3 tablespoons of cooked vegetables such as carrots, peas or sweetcorn or 8 cauliflower florets.
- Salad vegetables
Your daily salad portion can be 3 celery sticks, a small piece of cucumber, 1 medium tomato or 7 cherry tomatoes.