The FP100 is the Fruit Platter 100% of the time - at home, Sue and I have an FP100 in the fridge at all times with 7 or 8 different fruits.

The FP100 can include slices of oranges, kiwi fruit, watermelon, passion fruit, grapefruit, pineapple, strawberries or any other fruits you and your family enjoy. The more varieties of fruit - the better.

Kids love the colours of different fruits sliced up into bite sized chunks, so it's a great thing for the whole family.

This is getting your numbers of plant variety foods up, working on The Rule of 15.

The Rule of 15

To follow the eating habits of the longest living, healthiest people on earth - eat / nibble 15 different types of Plant Foods every day. I call this my Rule of 15. I can hear you say "I could never get to 15" - yes you will - it's easy - seven chunks from the FP100, a Weet-Bix, soy / skim milk - there's 8 for breakfast. Soy and linseed bread and 5 salad items plus cheese for lunch - that's 13. Fish / meat for dinner with 5 veg - that's 18!

Plant Foods are vegetables, fruits, nuts, seeds, grains. Eat little bits here and there - small amounts, not large amounts, e.g. 6 or 8 almonds, not three or four handfuls, or a few grapes - not a large bunch.

Fail Safe Snacks (FSS List)

These are your options

• TRIMSHOT sachet mixed with juice, soy-milk, low fat or nonfat milk or water
• Spoonful of low fat yoghurt (I like French Vanilla the best) sprinkled with a TRIMSHOT
• Sips of your simple smoothie mixed with a TRIMSHOT
• Cup of vegetable soup (always have a big pot of vegetable soup in the fridge)
• A few sardines on a half slice of whole grain toast
• Half a banana squashed on a half slice of whole grain bread
• A few unsalted nuts (e.g. almonds, walnuts, soy nuts) - a half-handful is 6 or 8 nuts only - not 600!
• A spoonful of hommus (chick peas) on a half slice of whole grain bread
• Half a small can of baked beans on a half slice of whole grain bread (pour off most of the sauce)

You don't have all these snacks at once! e.g. I may have a few baked beans on bread or a few nuts plus my TRIMSHOT.

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