Greasy, Sweet or Salty

   "Unfortunately, if they are not greasy, sweet or salty we don't eat them." Those are the words of University of Toronto nutritionist Davis Jenkins, in reference to the latest figures about Canadian consumption of fruits and vegetables. This is the third year running that the sales of vegetables, both fresh and processed (canned or frozen) has fallen. While the figures for fruits have risen steadily for the past ten years, the rise has not exactly been what you would call meteoric. Jenkins got out his calculator, added fruit and vegetable figures together, and came up with the average Canadian eating the approximate serving equivalent of two apples a day. Not exactly great news when you remember that the recommendation is for five to ten servings a day of vegetables and fruit.
   Now for the "coup de grease". Our consumption of fats and oil (think cakes, fried foods, KFC, etc, etc) has been on a constant upswing during the same period as the decline in veggies. I don't think it's too much of a stretch to extrapolate these figures from Canada out to most developed countries. Airlines really are going to need to widen the seats on their planes!