Eat five fruits and vegetables a day. It’s hard not to know this health prevention message in France. However, across the Channel, this slogan knows detractors. Researchers at Imperial College London are raising the bar. To hope for a long healthy life, the Grail would no longer be 5 servings of fruits and vegetables but rather ten! Better, if the consumption of 800 grams of fruits and vegetables per day, or 10 daily portions, were respected throughout the world, it would save many lives, according to the British. More precisely, 7.8 million premature deaths would be avoided, according to the study published in International Journal of Epidemiology. This publication confirms the health benefits associated with fruits and vegetables, linked in particular to a lower risk of cancer and cardiovascular disease.
A healthy prescription for fruits and vegetables
Work carried out on 2 million people compared the gain in life expectancy between a consumer of fruits and vegetables and a person who does not eat them at all.
Verdict:
-200 g of fruits and vegetables per day reduces cardiovascular risk by 13% compared to a person who does not eat them at all. At 800 g of fruits and vegetables daily, the danger is reduced by 28%. Pears, salads, citrus fruits and cruciferous vegetables (cabbage, broccoli, etc.) would be particularly recommended.
-200 g of fruits and vegetables per day reduce the cancer risk by 4%, while 800 g lowers it by 13%. Green vegetables (spinach, green beans), peppers, carrots and cruciferous vegetables would be indicated.
“Fruits and vegetables lower cholesterol levels, lower blood pressure and boost health, blood circulation and the immune system. This is due to the complexity of the nutrients they contain,” explains to the bbc Dr. Dagfinn Aune, one of the researchers associated with the study.
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