The main finding, writes the Harvard Medical School's Health
Publications, was that each 7-ounce portion of fruit and
vegetables consumed (two servings' worth) lowered cancer risk by
only 4 percent. That's much less than previous estimates of
fruits and vegetables reducing cancer risk by 50 percent. The
study showed that adding 200 g of fruits and vegetables per day
decreased the risk of cancer by 4%. What the reports didn’t
mention was that people who ate more than 647 grams of fruit and
vegetables per day (the equivalent of about 2 cups of broccoli
plus 2 1/4 medium apples) had an 11% reduced risk of cancer
compared to those who at only 226 g per day (the equivalent of
about 3/4 apple plus 3/4 cup of broccoli). Fallen_Horse
wrote:Nice try, but I wonder how many of those studies counted
ketchup Summary wrote:Background: It is widely believed that
cancer can be prevented by high intake of fruits and vegetables.
However, inconsistent results from many studies have not been
able to conclusively establish an inv