5 top tips for boosting your fruit and veg intake
Ever since we were children, we’ve been told that we need to eat our fruit and veg to stay healthy. But why does eating enough fruit and veg matter and how can you easily up your intake?
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Tayana Simons
Tayana is a freelance writer specialising in veganism, the environment and mental health. She is a trained journalist and previously worked for Viva! as a Campaigner. She now lives in Cornwall where she is a keen sea swimmer, jogger and coastal hiker.
Ever since we were children, we’ve been told that we need to eat our fruit and veg to stay healthy. But why does eating enough fruit and veg matter and how can you easily up your intake?
Whether you’re a wannabe jogger, or already a fitness fanatic, the new year is often the time that we set ourselves some new fitness goals.
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Instead of heading straight for that cuppa when your alarm goes off in the morning, try starting your day with some of these energy-packed foods.
There is still a lot of misinformation around vegan diets, particularly when it comes to children. Outdated views that children need calcium from cow’s milk, and animal protein, to grow properly, persist. Because of this, the decision to raise children on a vegan diet still remains controversial to some.
Many of us grew up being told that we need to drink cow’s milk to help us grow. Despite all the evidence showing that we don’t need dairy, and linking cow’s milk with a wide range of illnesses and diseases including an increased risk of bone fracture – the myth still persists.
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