Eat me, I am good for you!

They stare me in the face and shout "Wowwowow, not so fast lady, are you sure you just want to walk past us. Have you really had your share?". Or so it seems.  I am talking about all the fruits and vegetables in the supermarket, which proudly carry their big labels "one of your 5 a day".  Most of the time this strategy of selling their bodies works; at least on me. I nearly always grab some extra berries, apples or other fruity looking stuff, just to make the echo of  the "Have you REALLY had enough?"-thought stop. It´s not that we have an unhealthy diet in this house, but for some reason I am always worried that the "supposed-to-be-fruity-ish" side on our plates is not big enough. How much are 5-a-day anyways? One grape is certainly not enough and neither are 5 blueberries. So, what is? 

After being quite annoyed by this ever-returning, nagging question I finally turned to my good friend Google and he found the answer on the National Health Service homepage for me. So once and for all:  

One adult portion of fruit or vegetables is 80g and the portion a child needs correlates roughly to the amount they can fit in the palm of their hand...

...and even more details on the exact portions can be found here. Problem solved. From know on my dear fruits and greens you can flash me as much as you want to but you will not manage to overtake my cart against my will ever again. If you are nice however, you can still get a ride with us, just because we all like you.

This said, it´s time for me to go. Have a lovely day you all!

PS: For those of you who wondered, wine does not count as your 5 a day, no matter how much you drink. Sorry guys!