Why do we need half a catty of fruit and a catty of vegetables every day? According to the recommended intake (raw weight of the edible portion) of the Chinese Dietary Guidelines, 200~400g of fruit per day and 300~500g of vegetables per day. when doing science education, in order to facilitate people’s memory, it is often simply summarized as half a catty (250g) of fruit and one catty (500g) of vegetables per day. However, many people listened to feel too much, not good to do. In fact, a medium-sized apple volume of fruit on about 180g (after the core of the edible part), do a plate of vegetables needed to raw weight is close to 400g. so every day to eat 1 to 2 fist-sized volume of fruit as a healthy snack, three meals are eaten less than half a plate of vegetables, or the morning rush is not convenient to eat vegetables, noon and evening appropriate to eat more vegetables to make up, half a catty of fruit a catty of vegetables per day is not difficult. Not difficult. Remember: every day there are fruits, every day there are vegetables.