For many years now we have been told to eat 5 fruits and
vegetables a day, but recently you may have seen conflict on this matter as
university studies show that eating more fruit and vegetables can decrease your
risk of cancer and heart disease.
So what evidence is there to show this?
Researchers have conducted a survey with 65,000 adults over
35 years of age. Researchers looked at their nutrition intake using UK
regulations on portion control and compared this to mortality rates 8 years
after the data was taken.
The studies then showed the more vegetables and fruit with a
balanced diet a person ate the less they were suffering with diseases such as
cancer, stroke and heart attacks.
Careful choice with what you pick to eat has been shown to
help decrease your risk of death from cancer or heart disease. Canned fruit or
vegetables can increase your risk of death from the diseases but by choosing
fresh vegetables it may lower your risk by up to 42%. Eating a vast amount of
fruit such as 3 or 4 portions a day didn't seem to decrease your risk, but by
having more than 7 portions of fruit and vegetables, more being vegetables, it benefits
the body much more.
7 portions may seem high but by eating meals based around vegetables
and snacking on fruit and vegetables instead of usual choices you will be well
on your way to making a lifestyle change.
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