Category: obesity

Five-a-day

07-Apr-10 16:24

 

When I was younger, I remember being nagged by my parents to eat my five-a-day, or I would get the typical, ‘an apple a day keeps the doctor away', or ‘carrots can help you see in the dark'. Yeah right, I may have fallen for it as a child but not anymore!

Interestingly, according to the Daily Mail today, eating fruit and vegetables does very little in helping people avoid getting cancer. To be honest, this is no surprise to me as maintaining a healthy diet involves more than just what you eat, but also knocking other habits on the head including; smoking and drinking alcohol, which can have hazardous effects on our vital organs.

On the plus side, we all know it has been proven that eating more fruit and vegetables does help obesity levels and is also good for the heart, as long as it's maintained with a healthy amount of exercise. I've got an apple on my desk and am going on the treadmill tonight, so that's my good deed for the day.

Donna