Fruit and Vegetables Reduce Risk of Head and Neck Cancer
Just one more reason to eat your fruits and veggies: just one additional serving of fruit and vegetables per day may lower your risk of head and neck cancer. And the more, the better.
In their findings, the researchers report that participants who ate six servings of fruit and vegetables per day per 1000 calories had 29 percent less risk for head and neck cancer than did participants who consumed one and a half servings per 1000 calories per day.
What does one serving mean? A serving is equivalent to any of these:
- one medium sized fresh fruit
- one half cup of cut fruit
- six ounces fruit juice
- one cup leafy vegetables
- one half cup of other vegetables
See, it shouldn’t be so difficult to incorporate six servings of fruit and veggies in your daily diet. And you get loads of benefit from it!
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5 opinions for Fruit and Vegetables Reduce Risk of Head and Neck Cancer
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Apr 18, 2007 at 2:42 am
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Oscar
Apr 18, 2007 at 7:03 pm
Fruits and vegetable are really wonderful. With their common benefits which we all take advantage of, they are very much helpful especially with this added reason why we should eat it everyday.
Mark’s Daily Apple » Blog Archive » El Buzz
Apr 19, 2007 at 4:16 pm
[…] and far fewer calories than breads and pastas. Plus, veggies come packed with antioxidants and cancer-preventing compounds. Okay, we’re stopping with the notes. Seriously. Next […]
Alex
Apr 19, 2007 at 8:04 pm
Fruits and vegetables are progressing in terms of benefits as our technology is also preogressing. I am sure that there will be more uses for fruits and vegetables which will be discovered.
Sally
Apr 22, 2007 at 6:55 pm
It’s wonderful that fruits and vegetables have many benefits. With all the studies being conducted today and in the future, I am sure that there will be more discoveries.
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