What a Day's Worth of Fruit and Vegetables Looks Like
It probably adds up to less food than you think
Daily intake recommendations for produce vary by age and gender.
Women ages 19 and older should get 1½ to 2 cups of fruit a day. For vegetables, they should aim for 2½ to 3 cups until age 30 and 2 to 3 cups from age 31 onward.
Men ages 19 to 59 should get 2 to 2½ cups of fruit and 3 to 4 cups of vegetables a day. At 60, the recommendations change to 2 cups a day for fruit and 2½ to 3½ cups for vegetables.
Day 1: (pictured above): a salad with 2 cups dark leafy greens (counts as a 1-cup serving); nine grape tomatoes (½ cup); one medium carrot (½ cup); one-fourth medium cucumber (½ cup); half of a large apple (1 cup); and eight large strawberries (1 cup).
Day 2: ¼-cup guacamole (counts as ½ cup); 12 baby carrots (1 cup); one large ear of corn on the cob (1 cup); a small 1-inch-thick wedge of watermelon (1 cup); one large peach (1 cup).
Day 3: one large sweet potato (counts as 1 cup); one large stalk of celery (½ cup); three medium broccoli spears (1 cup); nine dried apricot halves (½ cup); one large plum (½ cup); one large banana (1 cup).
