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The expensive price of fruit in UK.
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What does this have to do with the price? I'm pretty sure we're aware what a serving of fruits and vegetables is.1
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There are tons of affordable fruits and vegetables though. I know you hate frozen but there are tons of options.0
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jen_mccusker wrote: »And we need 5 a day so how do u suggest getting that 5 a day? That's one full portion I'm talkin about cheap of a family of say 3 or 4 frozen ain't gonna cut. They need to bring price down
Vegetables are a better choice than fruit for nutrition, and frozen vegetables are a great deal.
Fruit where I live is cheaper IN SEASON. I don't blame the gov't or stores for the fact that a good bit of the year isn't a great growing season for fruit (and is never a good growing season for some things, like bananas or mangoes or avocados). I'm just lucky to live in a time and place where those things are available to me anyway. They aren't necessary for health.
As I posted on the other thread, I can get 3 lbs of apples for $2.99.
As for "mom, I'm hungry," don't you plan ahead? Cooking frozen veg (which have more nutrients out of season than veg that have been carted in from far away) is hardly the most time-consuming part of making dinner.2 -
You don't have to eat fresh. Frozen and canned is acceptable too.0
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singingflutelady wrote: »You don't have to eat fresh. Frozen and canned is acceptable too.
You must have missed how my earlier suggestion of this was laughed off because when a kid is hungry no one wants to wait 20 minutes. I was also informed that you can't buy frozen whole apples, bananas, or oranges. Silly me.2 -
I wonder how people survived in the UK before bananas and oranges were imported.2
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lemurcat12 wrote: »I wonder how people survived in the UK before bananas and oranges were imported.
Limes3 -
lemurcat12 wrote: »I wonder how people survived in the UK before bananas and oranges were imported.
Limes
NO SCURVY FOR YOU!!!2 -
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I'm sure you can eat more than 1 serving of something and it still counts.1
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What happens if you only get 4?0
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It's amazing that people managed to live at all in the days before refrigeration, breeding, and high speed transportation made fresh fruits/vegetables available year round in nearly all parts of the world at any cost period.lemurcat12 wrote: »I wonder how people survived in the UK before bananas and oranges were imported.
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jen_mccusker wrote: »
Potatoes lol no joking aside though berrys frozen here which is classed as one of 5 a day. You need to eat 5 different options a day for it to count
Count for what? I think it is admirable that you are striving to meet the recommended nutritional guidelines but you seem to be implying that there is some oversight committee who is checking off to make sure that each individual gets the appropriate servings of fruits and vegetables and that only certain things "count".1 -
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WinoGelato wrote: »jen_mccusker wrote: » Potatoes lol no joking aside though berrys frozen here which is classed as one of 5 a day. You need to eat 5 different options a day for it to count
Count for what? I think it is admirable that you are striving to meet the recommended nutritional guidelines but you seem to be implying that there is some oversight committee who is checking off to make sure that each individual gets the appropriate servings of fruits and vegetables and that only certain things "count".
There's a dude that lives with me and reports on my eating habits. The government has had me on their hit list for a while now...2 -
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lemurcat12 wrote: »I wonder how people survived in the UK before bananas and oranges were imported.
Limes
How much do they cost? Maybe OP can eat them.1 -
singingflutelady wrote: »I'm sure you can eat more than 1 serving of something and it still counts.
Pretty sure. If not, I'm glad my ancestors made the trek across the Atlantic, as it seems to make you more hardy.4 -
nutmegoreo wrote: »WinoGelato wrote: »jen_mccusker wrote: » Potatoes lol no joking aside though berrys frozen here which is classed as one of 5 a day. You need to eat 5 different options a day for it to count
Count for what? I think it is admirable that you are striving to meet the recommended nutritional guidelines but you seem to be implying that there is some oversight committee who is checking off to make sure that each individual gets the appropriate servings of fruits and vegetables and that only certain things "count".
There's a dude that lives with me and reports on my eating habits. The government has had me on their hit list for a while now...
It's Obama, right?0 -
lemurcat12 wrote: »nutmegoreo wrote: »WinoGelato wrote: »jen_mccusker wrote: » Potatoes lol no joking aside though berrys frozen here which is classed as one of 5 a day. You need to eat 5 different options a day for it to count
Count for what? I think it is admirable that you are striving to meet the recommended nutritional guidelines but you seem to be implying that there is some oversight committee who is checking off to make sure that each individual gets the appropriate servings of fruits and vegetables and that only certain things "count".
There's a dude that lives with me and reports on my eating habits. The government has had me on their hit list for a while now...
It's Obama, right?
I'm in Canada. Trudeau minion...1 -
lemurcat12 wrote: »I wonder how people survived in the UK before bananas and oranges were imported.
Limes
This will give you two of your five a day:
https://youtu.be/5LxC3M-Yngs?t=169 2 -
nutmegoreo wrote: »lemurcat12 wrote: »nutmegoreo wrote: »WinoGelato wrote: »jen_mccusker wrote: » Potatoes lol no joking aside though berrys frozen here which is classed as one of 5 a day. You need to eat 5 different options a day for it to count
Count for what? I think it is admirable that you are striving to meet the recommended nutritional guidelines but you seem to be implying that there is some oversight committee who is checking off to make sure that each individual gets the appropriate servings of fruits and vegetables and that only certain things "count".
There's a dude that lives with me and reports on my eating habits. The government has had me on their hit list for a while now...
It's Obama, right?
I'm in Canada. Trudeau minion...
What would Brian Boitano do?3 -
WinoGelato wrote: »nutmegoreo wrote: »lemurcat12 wrote: »nutmegoreo wrote: »WinoGelato wrote: »jen_mccusker wrote: » Potatoes lol no joking aside though berrys frozen here which is classed as one of 5 a day. You need to eat 5 different options a day for it to count
Count for what? I think it is admirable that you are striving to meet the recommended nutritional guidelines but you seem to be implying that there is some oversight committee who is checking off to make sure that each individual gets the appropriate servings of fruits and vegetables and that only certain things "count".
There's a dude that lives with me and reports on my eating habits. The government has had me on their hit list for a while now...
It's Obama, right?
I'm in Canada. Trudeau minion...
What would Brian Boitano do?
Oh great. Now I'm singing the Brian Boitano song....
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WinoGelato wrote: »nutmegoreo wrote: »lemurcat12 wrote: »nutmegoreo wrote: »WinoGelato wrote: »jen_mccusker wrote: » Potatoes lol no joking aside though berrys frozen here which is classed as one of 5 a day. You need to eat 5 different options a day for it to count
Count for what? I think it is admirable that you are striving to meet the recommended nutritional guidelines but you seem to be implying that there is some oversight committee who is checking off to make sure that each individual gets the appropriate servings of fruits and vegetables and that only certain things "count".
There's a dude that lives with me and reports on my eating habits. The government has had me on their hit list for a while now...
It's Obama, right?
I'm in Canada. Trudeau minion...
What would Brian Boitano do?
His reaction would be different than Tonya Harding's, for sure.
All the points for the South Park reference though! Gotta love those floppy Canadian heads.2
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