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For many years, the nutrition message has "five a day" – the recommendation that five portions of fruit and vegetables are enough to disease at bay and help us to longer. That advice has been upwards. A new study that people who get seven or more portions a day are healthier. Researchers from University College London the dietary habits of 65,000 adults over a seven-year period. They concluded that: "A robust inverse association between fruit and vegetable consumption and mortality, with benefits in up to 7-plus portions daily." In other words, if you more fruit and vegetables, chances are you longer.

The researchers people into five different groups, on how much fruit and veg they ate. They found that those who ate seven or more portions a day a 42 per cent lower risk of death than those who ate just one portion. They that schools healthier meals and that supermarkets put more emphasis on prominently cheaper produce. They warned that frozen and fruit was to higher mortality rates. Some experts say the findings of the study should be taken with a pinch of salt. One dietician said the findings the fact that people who eat more fruit and veg are generally wealthier and thus lifestyles that will help them live longer anyway.