Following 20,069 Dutch adults for 10 years, Griep's team found those eating more than 475 grams of fruit and vegetables a day were 36% less likely to develop coronary heart disease than those eating under 241 grams. Raw intake above 262 grams tracked with 30% less.
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Try a Family Style Approach to Meet Veggie Goals
The CDC reports that only 32.5% of adults eat two or more servings of fruit a day and 26.3% eat three or more vegetable servings, short of the Healthy 2010 targets. Food Consumer collected reader tips for eating better as a family, starting with planning meals.
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Eating veggies, fruit, soy cuts breast cancer risk
Among 34,000 Singapore Chinese women followed 10 years, those eating the most vegetables, fruit and soy were 30 percent less likely to develop breast cancer than those eating the least. At five years the reduction among postmenopausal women reached about 50 percent.
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