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16063734 No.16063734 [Reply] [Original]

What does "a serve of fruit" and "a serve of vegetable" actually mean? Not the volumes, but rather what specific essential nutrients are they attributing to fruits and vegetables? Do those nutrients exist in practical quantities in other foods? Surely eating any arbitrary fruit or vegetable isn't enough, that has to be an oversimplification

>> No.16063808

I mean beyond something that would be poisonous to you, any vegetable you forced yourself to eat instead of eating another 3 Musketeers would be a health improvement, even stuff with no major nutrients like basic iceberg lettuce or some shit.

>> No.16063830

it's a simple and colorful poster, not advice from your nutritionist.

>> No.16063841

>>16063734
It's 7 a day now?! Wtf? Why? Are fruits and vegetables losing their nutritional value due to intensive farming?

I always assumed that a serving was a single fruit, like an apple or banana, or 100g of something like grapes for diced carrots.

>> No.16063845

I will not eat the plants.

>> No.16063848

>>16063734
>that has to be an oversimplification
Gee, it’s almost as if it’s a well known fact that the average person doesn’t want to spreadsheet a nutritional analysis of everything they eat, thus necessitating an oversimplification.
Most people aren’t 4chans blend of 11 herbs and autism.

>> No.16063850
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16063850

>>16063841
Some institutions recommend even more than that
The serving sizes are arbitrary and different for each food type

>> No.16063886

>>16063841
Don't forget your 5-8 daily helpings of grain, cattle person!

>> No.16063925

>>16063848
But for someone who wants to actually understand the reasoning to make informed decisions rather than blindly following broad guidelines, where do you find that information?

>> No.16063946

>>16063925
Your local public library has a research librarian just dying to assist you with your question instead of helping the smelly homeless person to shoot up heroin in the bathroom.

>> No.16063975

>>16063850
Yeah, fuck that. I'm perfectly healthy with my 5 a day.

>> No.16064045

>>16063734
>What does "a serve of fruit" and "a serve of vegetable" actually mean?
nice marketing campaign designed ONLY to SELL vegetables. too bad no one actually likes vegetables.

>> No.16064047

>>16063850
If I ate the amount of fruits that were recommended I would be diabetic.

>> No.16064069

>>16064047
>one cup of juice per day would make you diabetic