Dr Tim Crowe

two servings of fruit.

So that tells you already that there's a lot we're not doing.

So we just can't blame dietary guidelines for all of our health problems.

So typically vegetables, it could vary about a cup to half a cup, depending on what the vegetable is.

Yeah.

So all of them are a little bit different, but I look at generally half a cup would be a good serve.

But when people say, well, you need to eat organic, we need to eat these particular superfoods, I start from the base that very few people are eating well to start with.

So any improvement you make, even just one extra serving of vegetables, that will actually have health benefits.

And there's been some interesting research showing that over several years, as people increase the amount of fruit and vegetables they eat, their mental health improves as well.

Obviously, a lot of interest now in the gut microbiome.

in fact, how that affects our mental health.

And the A-grade quality fuel for our gut microbiome is fiber coming from plant foods.

So that has a dramatic impact on our health, just as one of many different mechanisms.

Very much so.

We know people that have very different diets when they eat outside of the home compared to when they eat inside the home.

And that's been known for many years.

And that's fairly obvious.

Although the most popular takeaway food in Australia is actually sandwiches.

So that's what people buy at sandwich bars and so on.

That's actually a staple in the work office environment where people go out and buy those things.