DUTCH CONSUMERS TOLD TO EAT MORE VEGETABLES
March 1st, 2016
CONSUMERS should eat more vegetables, but less meat and fish, according to new dietary advice issued on March 31 by the Netherlands Nutrition Centre Foundation (NNC - Stichting Voedingscentrum Nederland), the government’s food advisory body.
The key change is recommending a daily dose of 250 grammes (g) instead of 200g of vegetables. The NNC has also now advised that people eat 25g of unsalted nuts and three cups of green or black tea a day. Fish should be eaten only once a week - with the guidance being more specific about what type of fish – oily ...
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