Healthy eating

[zita-green]

Need some help to settle a disagreement. One says you need to eat fruit & veg to be healthy, another says you don't need veg if you eat a wide range of fruit. Who is correct?

[merciasounds]

Technically, no diet that excludes one of the food groups is balanced, and there are certain minerals that are in certain veg that are not found in fruit, but saying that, if a wide range of fruit is eaten, at least say 8 varieties you shouldn't do too badly, but you might find yourself lacking in Iron from the lack of leafy green veg

[coccinelle]

Well they say eat 5 portions of fruit and veg. so I'd say you need both. 5 portions of fruit will give you vitamins but also sugars whereas veg. contains different kinds of vitamins to fruit and minerals and a lot less sugar.
If someone really hates veg. then 5 fruits would be better than just 1 or 2.

[zita-green]

Thanks to both.