Men’s Fitness UK – September 2019

per cent

of British

people

don’t

know how

many

portions

of fruit

and veg

they

should be

eating,

while just one in three

adults are getting the

recommended level of

vitamins and minerals

from their diets.^3

Tax Benefi ts

A study by the University of Waterloo found that

taxes on sugary products and labels on packaging

• like the traffi c-light system for healthy/unhealthy
  foods – are effective at reducing sugar consumption.

Cold Storage

You know fruit and veg are the

building blocks of a healthy diet, but

did you know it’s sometimes better to

choose frozen over fresh produce? Frozen

foods, picked and then chilled at peak

ripeness, have their nutrients preserved

at time of freezing, whereas fresh food

– often shipped and fl own around

the world – can be exposed to a large

amount of nutrient-degrading oxygen.

To get further nutritional bang for

your buck, steam your veg rather than

boiling it to within an inch of its life.

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