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Fruit and veg cut disease risk - C
(CHINESE) Eating fresh fruit and vegetables can help to ward off serious diseases including cancer.
(CHINESE) Eating fresh fruit and vegetables can help to ward off serious diseases including cancer. Researchers have found that low levels of vitamin C - which is found in fruit and vegetables - are associated with higher death rates from heart disease and strokes in men and women, and with some cancers in men. Modest increases in fruit and vegetable intake of just one or two servings a day may be associated with large benefits for health Professor Kay-Tee Khaw The results hold true regardless of people's age, blood pressure or whether or not they've smoked. They raise the possibility that increasing the amount of fruit and vegetables in the diet might have a beneficial effect in preventing disease. In fact, the charity Cancer Research UK says that if people ate just one apple or orange a day it could cut their risk of dying early from cancer or other diseases by 20%.