Eat Your Vegetables! High Five or Vegephobic?

Do you eat your vegetables?

Do you eat enough to maintain good health? Here’s a pop-quiz to measure your results.

Circle the fruits and vegetables you have eating in the last week. Give yourself a point for every serving. (A serving is defined as 1 cup lettuce or raw leafy vegetables; ¾ cup of 100% fruit or vegetable juice; ½ cup cut–up-fruit or cooked vegetables; 1 medium whole fruit; ½ cup cooked beans or other legumes or ¼ cup dried fruit.) Count the total and read below for your score.

Bananas	Dates	Dried Fruit	Squash
Baked Potato	Steamed Vegetables	Corn on the Cob	Papaya
Carrots	Strawberries	Salsa	Berries
Apples	Raisins	No cheese Veggie Pizza	Apple Butter
Green Salad	Pineapple	Mushrooms	Garlic
Celery	Grapefruit	Onions	Avocado
Pears	Cantaloupe	Pasta with Tomato Sauce	Tomatoes
Cauliflower	Applesauce	Lettuce	Spinach
Apple Juice	Oranges	Sprouts	Beans
Bean or Split Pea Soup	Orange Juice	Cucumbers

Find out if you eat your vegetables…

35 or more: High Five! You are well on your way to robust health, thanks to five servings a day of fruits and vegetables.

20-35: Almost to your goal; try to increase the variety and servings of fruits and vegetables you eat, starting today.

10-20: Send yourself on a field trip to the produce department right away and pick up some of those pre-cut vegetables for tonight’s dinner.

Less than 10: Vegephobic? Re-educate yourself to the health benefits you may be missing.

Remember – to maintain good health, you need to eat your vegetables. Mom was right!

1 Vegetarian Times, March 1997

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