5 servings a day

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Registered: 01-25-2000
5 servings a day
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Sat, 08-06-2005 - 10:51pm

You're supposed to eat 5 servings of fruits and vegetables a day, right? Tough some days, but I can achieve it sometimes.

Now they're saying we should try for 7 servings a day for women and 9 servings for men. Even the government's website, http://www.5aday.gov, say 5 servings isn't what you should aim for. 7 to 9. It's like they keep raising the bar to make it harder for us.

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Registered: 03-20-2003
Sun, 08-07-2005 - 10:37am

Back in April I was browsing around the website for the new food pyramid (www.mypyramid.gov) researching stuff for a unit I wanted to teach.