Fruit & Veggie Serving Sizes

Many people have asked about the serving size for Fruits and Veggies as they are trying to count their 5 servings. Here's some helpful information that we found...

Eating at least 5 servings of vegetables and fruits each day may not be that hard to do when when you look at how small one serving really is:

1/2 cup of fruit
1 medium piece of fruit
1/4 cup of dried fruit
3/4 cup (6 ounces) of 100% fruit or vegetable juice
1 cup of leafy vegetables
1/2 cup of cooked or raw vegetables

Trying to visualize the serving sizes? This may help:

1 medium apple or orange: the size of a tennis ball
1 cup vegetables or fruit: the size of a baseball
1 medium potato: the size of a computer mouse
1 cup of lettuce: 4 leaves

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