to think wine and cider should count towards 5 a day

[littlemisssunny]

wine contains grapes and cider contains apples, therefore should be part of 5 a day?

Who's with me?

Absolutely. If you then have it with a slice of carrot cake that's another one of the 5-a-day. Perfect.

Do you think we could add in things like sloe gin and raspberry vodka too?

Salt and vinegar crisps plus glass of wine and you have slapped 4 of your five a day - potatoes (1) fried in vegetable (2) oil, grapes (3) for vinegar and grapes for wine (4).

YANBU. The health nuts are so bloody picky picky.

But they do

They do already Chez Icelolly.

Fags n'all - I mean, leaves are green things aren't they?

Every cream cake is automatically made one of your five a day by the addition of a slice of limp kiwi or quarter of a strawberry. Everyone knows that. Cider and wine are fine too.

Ooh how could I forget carrot cake yummy, and what about cadburys fruit and nut too!

Mmm I LOVE carrot cake! and wine absolutely does count towards your five a day. Because i said so.

Don't forget opal fruits (or whatever they're called now) and strawberry quality street!

Cherry brandy!

Sour fruit pastilles!

so agree.

i mean, even mcDonalds fruitizz (a dubious soda) counts as "fruit"

Five a day should be wine, cider, strawberry jam and clotted cream scone, banofee pie and apple crumble with custard.

Carrot cake could be a bonus vegetable

Chocolate is a vegetable.

Chocolate is made from cocoa beans. Bean = vegetable.

Sugar is made from sugar cane which is a plant = vegetable.

So chocolate actually contains TWO vegetables!

Chocolate orange!!

Staple parts of my diet

You mean they don't?? Apples, grapes, Coupled with beans I thought I had found a winning combo...

Potatoes do NOT count as your five a day

They class as carbs and not fruit/ veg category

I've ruined the thread fail sorry!

What about strawberry and lime cider?

That would surely count as 2?

You mean it doesn't ..... Holy shit I've got scurvy

And don't forget the slice of lemon or lime in your G&T. Not only is it chock full of antioxidants or something, it magically negates all thealcohols .

the alcohol. Duh. I haven't even had any yet.