Get fruity!

For a tasty and sensual treat that is healthy too, be adventurous and choose some special fruit delights.

Staying sweet with the apple of your eye

Luscious strawberries have been linked to romance for centuries. According to folklore, if you find a double strawberry, break it in two and share it with someone, then you're destined to find true love together. However you like to eat your strawberries, they're the perfect choice for a romantic treat.

Or try slices of plump pineapple, with a squeeze of lime for extra zing. Small fruit like cherries, grapes and blueberries are perfect for feeding to each other. Ripe mango is soft, juicy and bursting with vitamins that are good for your health. How you eat it is up to you!

Smooth operator

For a sensuous start to the day, you are your partner could share a luscious fruit smoothie.

There are lots of tasty varieties in the shops, but why not make it really special by creating your own sensational selection containing you and your partner's favourite fruits such as bananas, mangoes and strawberries? For a really smooth start to your romantic day, you could blend in some low-fat natural yoghurt.

Or why not whizz up a bubbly milkshake by blending some fabulous fruit with skimmed milk?

Fruit smoothies and milkshakes contain lots of vitamins that are good for our health, especially vitamin C. And a glass (150ml) counts as one of the five fruit and veg portions we should be having each day.

The milk or yoghurt are also great sources of protein and vitamins B12 and D. And they're an important source of calcium - that helps keep our bones strong - in a form that's easy for the body to absorb.

So go on, be a smoothie, and get your day off to a romantic start.

Feeling fruity?

Eating plenty of fruit and veg can help prevent heart disease, stroke and some types of cancer. So it's a great idea to make sure you and your partner eat at least five portions of a variety of fruit and veg every single day of the year.

One portion is:

One banana
Two plums or apricots
A handful of berries
One apple

Fruit contains lots of vitamins and minerals that are important for good health, such as vitamin C, some B vitamins, potassium, magnesium and carotenes.

Evidence suggests that fruit and vegetables are good for you because of the combination of different nutrients and fibre they contain, not just the individual vitamins.

So bumping up the amount of fruit and veg you eat will benefit your health more than taking supplements. And of course, fruit and veg are much more tasty.

So don't forget to love yourself - and eat well.