The Microbiome Tool

Type in each type of fruit and vegetable you have eaten, over the last week, and add to calculate your total.

Eating under 10 fruit and vegetables per week?

Science is increasingly demonstrating that the gut microbiome is central to our physical and mental health. A critical contributor to maintaining the microbiome is the diversity of food, especially vegetables and fruits, that are ingested. Research suggests that eating 30 different types per week is best for your long-term health. At less than 10 you're eating significantly less than the recommended amount.

Try increasing your intake of richly coloured plant-based foods ranging from broccoli to blueberries, strawberries to spinach, apples to avocado. Even if you increase by only one or two types per week it will make a difference and, in a few weeks, you'll be on track. You don't have to eat a lot of any single food, it's the diversity of type and colour over the week that is the key.

Eating between 10 and 20 fruit and vegetables per week?

Science is increasingly demonstrating that the gut microbiome is central to our physical and mental health. A critical contributor to maintaining the microbiome is the diversity of food, especially vegetables and fruits, that are ingested. Research suggests that eating 30 different types per week is best for your long-term health. While you're doing well, you’re still eating less than the recommended amount.

Try increasing your intake of richly coloured plant-based foods ranging from broccoli to blueberries, strawberries to spinach, apples to avocado. Even if you increase by only one or two types per week it will make a difference and, in a few weeks, you’ll be on track. You don't have to eat a lot of any single food, it's the diversity of type and colour over the week that is the key.

Eating between 20 and 30 fruit and vegetables per week?

Science is increasingly demonstrating that the gut microbiome is central to our physical and mental health. A critical contributor to maintaining the microbiome is the diversity of food, especially vegetables and fruits, that are ingested. Research suggests that eating 30 different types per week is best for your long-term health. While at between 20-30 different fruit and veg per week you're doing very well, you could still improve!

Try increasing your intake of richly coloured plant-based foods ranging from broccoli to blueberries, strawberries to spinach, apples to avocado. Even if you increase by only one or two types per week it will make a difference and, in a few weeks, you’ll be on target. You don't have to eat a lot of any single food, it's the diversity of type and colour over the week that is the key.

Eating about 30 fruit and vegetables per week?

Science is increasingly demonstrating that the gut microbiome is central to our physical and mental health. A critical contributor to maintaining the microbiome is the diversity of food, especially vegetables and fruits, that are ingested. Research suggests that eating 30 different types per week is best for your long-term health.

You're eating at the recommended amount, well done. Going forwards try to diversify by increasing your intake of all richly coloured plant-based foods, it's the diversity of type and colour over the week that is the key.