Among 148 Polish adults aged 40 to 70, high intakes of tea and vegetables went with lower levels of asymmetric dimethylarginine, a cardiovascular biomarker, after adjustment for age, sex, BMI and smoking. Fruit showed no association, and coffee correlated with higher risk.
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Eating fruit, vegetables cuts death risk of ischemic heart disease
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Eating vegetables cuts heart disease risk
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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Pancreatic cancer, linked to dietary habits, grows slowly - studies
Johns Hopkins researchers modelling mutations from patients who died of pancreatic cancer estimate about 11.7 years for the first cancer cell to arise in a high-grade lesion, 6.8 more years before spread, and 2.7 years to death, leaving a window for earlier detection.
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Vegetables help cut risk of breast cancer - study
Following 52,000 women in the Black Women's Health Study for 12 years, researchers found no overall link between fruit and vegetable intake and breast cancer, but women eating two or more vegetable servings a day had 43 percent lower risk of ER-negative, PR-negative tumors.
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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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Green leafy vegetables cut diabetes mellitus (type 2) risk
Pooling six studies covering 220,000 adults, Leicester researchers found that eating an extra one and a half servings of green leafy vegetables a day was associated with 14 percent lower type 2 diabetes risk. Fruit and vegetables in general showed no clear benefit.
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Fruit and vegetables boost ovarian cancer survival
Among 341 women with epithelial ovarian cancer, those eating the most fruit and vegetables before diagnosis were 39 percent less likely to die by 2005. The heaviest meat eaters were 128 percent more likely to die and the heaviest milk-product users 115 percent. The study was observational.
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