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Originally Posted by bizi
thank you mari!
I could have never lost Can I really look her into her face and tell her that we are supposed to eat 11 servings of fruits and vegggies a day? I only eat about 5 or six. Which I think is doing pretty good!
bizi
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Bizi,
That 11 looked too high so I researched:
It depends on your overall calories for the day.
The latest dietary guidelines call for five to thirteen servings of fruits and vegetables a day (2½ to 6½ cups per day), depending on one’s caloric intake. (1) For a person who needs 2,000 calories a day to maintain weight and health, this translates into nine servings, or 4½ cups per day (2 cups of fruit and 2½ cups of vegetables).
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The latest dietary guidelines call for five to thirteen servings of fruits and vegetables a day (2½ to 6½ cups per day), depending on one’s caloric intake.
(1) For a person who needs 2,000 calories a day to maintain weight and health, this translates into nine servings,
or 4½ cups per day (2 cups of fruit and 2½ cups of vegetables).
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The Harvard School of Medicine has a good healthy eating plate that you can show her:
http://cdn1.sph.harvard.edu/wp-conte...HEPApr2013.jpg
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritio...-eating-plate/
Most of these types of recommendations have people eating a lot of grains and carbs.
That is stupid. Most Americans are eating too many.
I rarely eat grains. I do eat lots of carbs in the beans, lentils, chic peas that I eat.
M