Fruits and Veggies – What Science is Saying…
Tuesday, May 31st, 2011Fruits and Veggies – What Science is Saying…
Jean Carper, Food, Your Miracle Medicine.
“Studies show that your risk of cancer is often doubled – and sometimes tripled – if you are in the lowest percentile of the ingestion of fruits and vegetables.”
Dr. Richard DuBois, Chief of Internal Medicine
Georgia Baptist Hospital
“Following a recommendation to increase fruit and vegetable consumption produces a change in plasma concentrations of vitamin C, alpha carotene and beta carotene likely to reduce incidence of cancer.”
British Medical Journal
June, 1997
“The beneficial role of most vegetables is confirmed, with more than 20% reduction in risk of colorectal cancer from the addition of one daily serving.”
International Journal of Cancer
July, 1997
“Men who ate fresh fruit every day had 70% less chance of dying from cancer of the digestive tract than those who ate almost no fruit.”
Cancer, Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention
September, 1996
“People who ate fresh fruit every day had a 32% less chance of a fatal stroke and 24% less chance of a fatal heart attack.”
British Medical Journal
“In ancient Egypt, Pliny declared that consumption of cabbage would cure as many as 87 diseases and that consumption of onions would cure 28 diseases. Garlic was considered a holy plant. Cruciferous vegetables were cultivated for medicinal purposes and were used therapeutically against headache, deafness, diarrhea, gout and stomach disorders.”
Dr. John Potter
University of Minnesota
Another Reason for Whole Foods
With respects to taking individual vitamins, “The problem with taking a compound out of a food source is that it was originally combined with 11 closely related brothers and sisters and it may be that the combination is what makes for the overall beneficial effect.”
Phyllis Bowen
Functional Foods For Health Research
University of Illinois at Chicago
Just some more reasons (backed by science) as to why it’s important to be eating more fruits and vegetables – especially in their living state!
