Fruits and vegetables: question and answer

Fruits and vegetables are an essential part of a healthy diet. However, we often do not even think about whether it is right we eat them. We answer the most popular questions!

All experts recommend eating 400-500 grams of vegetables and fruits a day. Is it true?

The habit of daily consumption of vegetables and fruits in an amount of at least 400 grams is the habit that minimizes health risks. That is, if you consume such a large amount of vegetables and fruits daily, the risk of heart attack, stroke, cancer, increased body weight, high cholesterol, diabetes and purine metabolism decreases.

400-500 grams-how much is it visually? What does it look like for an ordinary person to navigate?

Let's take our hands and unfold them. To gain 400 grams of vegetables and fruits or 5 servings, you need to eat 2 a salad of vegetables (each the size of a palm), a portion of vegetable garnish and two fruits (the size of your fist).

Which vegetables and fruits are better to eat raw or processed (boiled or baked)?

The recommendations are as follows: according to the season, if possible, observe equal proportions in the consumption of raw and processed vegetables and fruit. Half is allocated for raw, half – for cooked or processed products. For example, one serving the salad will be made from fresh vegetables, and there will be a vegetable side dish.

Is it true that in winter it is better to buy not fresh, but frozen vegetables and fruits and fill your diet with them?

Nothing can replace raw vegetables and fruits. But if there is no such possibility, winter time or a remote area, then, of course, we replace them with other products. This can be frozen, dried, canned (but with a minimum of add sugar or salt) vegetables and fruits.

Information prepared by GUZOT " Tsozimp»
based on the materials of the Federal State Budgetary Institution "NMIC TPM" of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation