Balance your festive fare with fresh fruit and vegetables

 New Zealand’s 5+ A Day Charitable Trust is encouraging us all to include more fruit and vegetables in our celebrations leading up to Christmas to provide a balanced approach during the festive season. Christmas is a time for celebrating and many of us tend to over indulge. 5+ A Day Trustee and Principal Scientist and Team…

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5 + A Day Support World Fruit and Vegetable Day

New Zealand’s 5+ A Day Charitable Trust has joined the global call for a World Fruit and Vegetable Day, to be celebrated this Friday 14thOctober. The day aims to officially recognise the initiative to raise awareness of the vital role fruit and vegetables play in the lives of every person on the planet. The proposal builds on…

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Fruit and Vegetables Are Key to a Better State of Mind

The 5+ A Day Charitable Trust has teamed up with GP, Dr Dane Rua to highlight the vital link between nutrition and mental health, sharing simple ways in which whanau can support their wellbeing with fresh fruit and vegetables. Our levels of stress are at an all-time high with mental health services stretched to breaking…

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Sweeten up winter days with nature’s perfect healthy snack

Grey skies and cold temperatures can leave us all feeling a bit low over the cooler months, so this winter the 5+ A Day Charitable Trust are encouraging Kiwi families to brighten up their day by choosing delicious, seasonal fruit for a super healthy, on-the-go snack. Dr Dane Rua, 5+ A Day Charitable Trust partner and…

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