The idea that 10 items of fruit or veg a day will seriously improve your health is a bit intimidating (Five a day? Try 10 to live longer, say scientists, 23 February). I priced the array pictured with your article. In Sainsbury’s it came to around £2.16; in Lidl £1.88. These amounts don’t seem very big until you multiply by seven for a week (£15.12 and £13.16 respectively), and they start to look frightening. For a family of four, £60.48 and £52.64, respectively.
And buying them would be a logistical nightmare, since few of the items can be bought singly; they all come in different quantities, so you would run out of them at different intervals and probably have to shop several times a week. I wonder how a family on below average income is supposed to come by such large amounts of money, let alone the shopping time? The differences in health between rich and poor families begin to be more easily explained. (Incidentally, you’d have to be very careful about the orange juice since most varieties are loaded with sugar.)
Jeremy Cushing
Exeter
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