The Five A Day Myth Poem by Paul Reed

They tell you that you need five a day
Of fruit and veg such as cucumber
But there's no science behind it at all
Five is just 'a nice round number'

Four would have been too square a figure
So the experts thought up a marketing ploy
Give the public a number they can easily remember
When they're eating their radish and Bok Choy

So don’t count as you eat your peas
Or enumerate the carrots you digest
Five is just a nice round number
Forget the maths, it's best

Just to chomp away on things you like
As long as you have a few
If its four or six it doesn’t matter
Good health will still ensue