The Medicine Cabinet: What’s the Origin of the Five-Servings-per-Day Guideline?
Q: Where did the recommendation that we need five servings of fruits and vegetables come from? A: According to one source I found, the five-a-day slogan was conceived by a number of food companies and endorsed by the U.S. National Cancer Institute back in 1991. Over the next couple decades, public health agencies around the […]
