A major study tracking the eating habits of 478,000 Europeans suggests that consuming lots of fruits and vegetables has little if any effect on preventing cancer.
The study, published in the current issue of The Journal of the National Cancer Institute, is the latest in a series of studies to debunk the potential of vegetables for lowering cancer risk, but the results don’t mean you should push those greens off your plate.
A number of studies show that high vegetable consumption is associated with lower risk for cardiovascular disease. In addition, there is still some evidence that certain vegetables contain potent, cancer-fighting compounds.
And the latest study also suggested a potentially higher anti-cancer benefit of eating vegetables for people who regularly drink alcohol.
Most important is the fact that a large body of evidence shows that increasing vegetable consumption is good for your heart.
In 2004, Harvard researchers reported on data collected from more than 100,000 nurses and doctors. Although the study showed no link between cancer risk and vegetable consumption, eating five or more fruit and vegetable servings daily was associated with a 30 percent lower risk of heart disease or stroke compared to those who ate less than 1.5 servings a day.
In 1997, a randomized trial of 500 adults showed that increasing fruit and vegetable intake lowered blood pressure compared with study subjects who ate a typical American diet that is high in fat and low in vegetables.
“we lived through mumps, chicken pox etc. you can live through it to. so you die on the way, so? we died on the way too!”
….Three things only: cutting, stitching, and poisoning with meds (oh, sorry, FOUR things – overcharging you, too – to pay for their student loans). Anything chronic, they know nothing about: diabetes, heart and bowel disease, all autoimmune afflictions, etc… just shooting in the dark. Mention “nutrition” or “nutritional supplements” to your doctor…don’t be surprised how little they know or how they’ll try to scare you from taking them (but their toxic meds of chemicals are just fine for you – and their wallets!). I still can’t believe that doctors trained for years have told me that there is no connection… Read more »
but then again why subjugate yourself to the whims on the medical researchers.
“That illness” comes from the Yetser Horo, plain and simple. One part of the body (or its cells) says, “I’m going to grow and be mispashtet and I don’t care what damage I cause. Reb Itchik The Masmid took his Tanya learning seriously and literally. He said “If Dovid Ha_Melech killed his yetser horo with ta’anesim I”m going to kill this machala the same way.” Apparently he did, and lived for many more years b’kedusha v;taharah. Nobody should know from it.
best proven method – thy survived for 5,770 years that way!!!
We live in such a false world. Every day they say something else. you cant trust anything these “researchers” say. “Let them stop wasting their time on pointless researches ESPECIALLY this one!
No smoking
Exercise 5x a week for 30 minutes plus
diet high in vegetables
diet low in saturated fats and trans fats
drinking alcohol in moderation
Guess I’ll just eat pizza and chocolate all day