While a lot of government guidelines state you should aim for four to five portions of fruit and vegetables per day, there's research that suggests there are even more health benefits on offer if you can get to eight to 10 portions a day. Always on the lookout for ways to improve my diet and up for a challenge, I decided to try and pack this number into each day to see what would happen.
I eat meat regularly (at least one portion per day) and part of this challenge for me, was to prove to myself that I could feel good and hit my protein consumption goals without meat. I didn’t cut out dairy—I’ll leave that challenge for another time—but I did completely remove meat from my diet for a week. I was quite surprised to find my protein intake didn’t suffer how I thought it would.
