Patient & Visitor InformationContact Us   • Take 5    • Do you
eat five servings of fruits and vegetables each and every day?
Be honest. Cherry soda doesn't count and neither do potato
chips.      If that sounds daunting, don't despair. A serving
amounts to a single piece of fruit, cup of vegetables or cup of
dried fruit. An easy way to work the five-a-day into your diet
is to chop more vegetables into stew, chili, pasta sauce or stir
fry dishes. When ordering a sandwich, don't neglect lettuce,
tomatoes and onion. Think fresh and you've got it made.
Another way to accomplish the five-a-day target is to sneak
healthy substitutes into your diet. If you curl up with a bowl
of corn chips in front of the TV, switch to a bowl of air-popped
corn. When the 3 o'clock slump hits you at the office, reach
into a bag of dried fruit or carrot sticks.      The evidence is
clear: people who eat five stay alive. They are half as likely
to develop most forms of cancer as are those who have less than
two servings. The inci