My entire life when I’ve heard “5 servings of fruits and veggies every day,” I have always thought 5 servings of fruits and/or veggies in any combination.
No problem.
But, when I was taking the Real Age test I started noticing the grammar read more like 5 servings of fruits and 5 servings of vegetables every day.
Could I have been doing it wrong the whole time?
And what exactly is a serving? See that salad up there? How many servings of vegetables are in it?

6 large cherry tomatoes
1/4 avocado
2 small cucumbers
2 handfuls of different lettuce
3 baby carrots

Does that salad count as my 5 servings …read more

My husband and I are doing Bob Greene’s The Best Life Diet. Of course, I saw it on Oprah. Whatever you think about Oprah, and hopefully you love and adore her as I do, she is definitely the most public dieter on the planet. This qualifies her as a diet expert in my opinion and I’m willing to forgo further research and try what obviously works for her. Duh.
I’ve never gone on an actual diet. This whole, making nice with and taking ownership over my own body and trying to get control of my self in its physical form is new to …read more