5 a day: almost anything but cigarettes
Make sure you get five a day, every day - look for the label.
5 a day - five portions of fruit and vegetables a day - is the current UK government campaign to get us to eat more of what's better for us. Potatoes don't count, nor do dietary supplements - so no cheating!
The average Brit is only eating the equivalent of just over half of the 'five a day' - and some experts believe we really need ten portions a day or even more.
Syvana Franco has been looking at the benefits of more fruit and veg in our diets - and how to find it.


