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Here we are already on episode 4 of X-Weighted: Families. This week's episode follows two beautiful ladies: Janine, and her 17 year old daughter, Jade. They are determined to get fit together and turn their lives around. It is a powerful episode and these participants make leaps and bounds towards a healthier life. In tomorrow's blog posting, Janine shares some of the healthy recipes that they love to make and talks about the changes they made to their diets in order to succeed.

We all know that we should eat more fruits and vegetables, but managing the 8 servings per day (for women) or even 10 (for men) can seem like an impossible task. Here are some easy ways to up your intake:

1) Grab and go

In last night's episode, we saw Dr Macklin explain to Daniel's family the connection between diet and ADD/ ADHD. In recent years, there has been a large body of research saying that the symptoms of ADD and ADHD can be lessened by changing what we are feeding our children and introducing more essential fatty acids in to their diets.

Sitting down to eat a family meal is something that many of us neglect to do these days, thanks to our ever busy lives and scheduling issues. However, the benefits of doing so can be huge, says parenting expert Julie Freedman Smith, who along with Gail Bell owns the company Parenting Power, which is based out of Calgary and offers coaching and workshops for parents.