Hate salad? You'll love these
Eating seven portions of fruit and vegetables a day will help you live a longer life, research shows. We asked three chefs to inspire us with some fresh ideas for salads, writes Jeanette Wang
As if it wasn't challenging enough to get your five portions of fruit and vegetables a day. Recent research has found that boosting your intake to seven portions may be your best chance of staving off death from a number of health risks.
A study by University College London, published last month in the also found that vegetables may pack more of a protective punch than fruit.
The researchers gathered data from more than 65,000 randomly selected adults in England aged 35 and above between 2001 and 2008, tracking recorded deaths from the sample for an average of 7½ years.
They found that compared to eating less than one portion of fruit or vegetables, the risk of death by any cause was reduced by 14 per cent by eating one to three portions, 29 per cent for three to five portions, 36 per cent for five to seven portions and 42 per cent for seven or more.
Salad contributed to a 13 per cent risk reduction per portion, and each portion of fresh fruit was linked with a smaller but still significant 4 per cent reduction.
We do know, however, that eating salad can be a real bore, so we asked three chefs to share an interesting salad recipe that would convert even the most ardent salad hater.
