date:Sep 17, 2012
Conventional wisdom says five servings of fruits and vegetables each day helps prevent cancer. But does it?
The European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC), a study conducted in 23 centers in 10 European countries, assessed relationships between intake of total fruits, total vegetables, and total fruits and vegetables combined and cancer risk over an eight-year period in 142,605 men and 335,873 women. They found a very small inverse association between total fruit and ve