The joy of veg-maxxing: how to eat many, many more plants – without really trying
A new report has found many crops are far less nutritious than they once were, so we need to eat more of them.
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- Here is how to get your five portions of fruit and veg a day, easily and affordably – and potentially increase that to ten When Eva Humphries first started working as a nutritionist, she met a client who had just found out he had high blood pressure and high cholesterol, and was on the verge of type 2 diabetes.
- The man broke down and cried for 45 minutes, leaving Humphries with “no idea of what to do”, she says.
A new report has found many crops are far less nutritious than they once were, so we need to eat more of them.
In the final 15 minutes of the session, scrambling for a quick but helpful message, she finally said: “When you look at a plate of food, can you just make half of it veg for me?” Continue reading...
He had no idea how to change his diet or lifestyle.
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