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Listen, your daily menu doesn’t need to be super meticulous. While tracking calories or macronutrient intake may be helpful for some people every now and then, it’s certainly not required for a balanced eating plan.
Instead, just try to incorporate more whole, natural foods into your meals. Missing a serving or two of fruits and vegetables won’t throw off your diet completely, but still, it may be helpful to have a specific nutrition goal in mind.
Here, find a quick refresher on how much fruit to ingest daily, and what to do when you just can’t reach the benchmark.
How many servings of fruit do you need a day?
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) indicates most people should be consuming five to 13 servings of fruits and vegetables each day. This breaks down to about two different vegetables and three fruits.
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