LXXXVI (86)
Fruit and veg are good for you -
You must have five a day
It is the latest theory
What food experts all say.
Some people get quite worried
If they've only eaten four
And determine to do better
With five - or six - or more.
And how much is a portion?
I really wish I knew,
For I might eat too many -
Or worse still - too few.
Now we're told that salads
Can harbour e-coli -
Not a word from lettuce lovers
Don't you wonder why?
After wrecking Spain's salad trade
The Germans were forced to concede
That it was their deadly bean sprouts
That did the dastardly deed.
Advice on our diet keeps changing
And until it once again flips
I'm restricting my veggie intake
To mushrooms, baked beans and chips.
To R.B.
June 2011
