Eating lots of vegetables and fruits reduces the risk of death by 42%

(forget it) - Forget about eating 5 servings of vegetables a day, we should eat 7 servings of vegetables a day to live longer.

- Research has shown that eating more fruits and vegetables will reduce the risk of dying from cancer to 1/4.

- Experts are seeking advice to guide people to change their diets to 5 parts per day.

- But others believe that the advice of eating 7 servings of vegetables a day will make people dull.

Eating 7 servings of fruit and vegetables a day - more than two of the current recommendations - will help you live longer, the researchers said.

A new study has demonstrated that eating lots of fruits and vegetables will lower the risk of premature death by 42% compared to eating less than a portion of vegetables per day.

Increased consumption of vegetables will reduce the risk of cancer deaths by bằng and heart disease-related deaths to 1/3.

Some experts want to give advice to help people eat 5 servings of vegetables a day based on research from University College London.

In particular, the researchers said the new study demonstrated that 17% of the increased risk of death came from canned and frozen fruit, and there were very few health benefits from fruit juice - currently are being calculated toward the goal of 5 servings of fruits and vegetables a day.

Currently, only one-quarter of the British have a five-part diet of fruits and vegetables every day, and that number is 1/10 of teenagers. The lead author of the study, Dr. Oyinlola Oyebode of the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, said the effect was 'amazing'.

She said: 'The clear message here is that you eat more fruits and vegetables, your risk of dying at any age will decrease. Vegetables have a greater effect than fruits , but fruits still make a real difference. "

However, people should not be discouraged by the big goal of eating 7 servings of vegetables. No matter where your starting point is, it will always be worth it when you eat more fruits and vegetables. In our study, even people who ate three servings of vegetables a day had a significantly lower risk of premature death than those who ate less than 1 serving of vegetables per day.

This study investigated the eating habits of 65,000 people in the UK between 2001 and 2013 based on their self-reported consumption of 80g fruits and vegetables during the previous 24-hour period.

The deaths were recorded for 7 years, with a total of 4,399 people dead during the study period.

Research has found that eating 7 or more servings of vegetables per day reduces a person's overall risk of death by 42% compared to eating a portion of vegetables per day.

People who ate 5 to 7 servings of vegetables a day reduced their risk of death by 36%, while 3 to 5 parts reduced their risk of death by 29%.

Eating 1 to 3 servings of fruit and vegetables only reduces the risk of death by 14%. The results of this study are presented in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.

Fresh vegetables have the most protective effect , followed by salads and then fruits.

Frozen or canned fruits increase the risk of premature death , but experts say this may reflect the poverty in the general diet of people including too much dependence on realities. Prepared products. Research calls for messages to eat 5 servings of fruits and vegetables a day based on the guidelines of the World Health Organization should be increased, and can exclude dried fruits and vitamins, canned fruits, Fruit juices contain large amounts of sugar.

Meanwhile, other scientists said that it is too early to change a widely publicized and applied public health recommendation.

Brian Ratcliffe, professor of nutrition at the University of Robert Gordon, Aberdeen, said: "People who eat the highest levels of fruits and vegetables in this study also seem to exhibit other healthy traits, such as billions. lower overweight, higher activity levels and fewer smokers ".

'The call to increase 5 servings of fruits a day seems a bit premature because most people have not yet achieved this goal and the difference between eating 5 servings or 7 servings of vegetables a day in this study is small'.

Professor Tom Sanders, head of the Diabetes and Nutritional Sciences Division at King's College London, said a test done by his agency did not show improvement in blood pressure and the risk of heart disease caused by eating a lot. more than 5 servings of vegetables a day.

"While the advice of eating five servings of fruits and vegetables a day is well accepted, there is very little other evidence that eating more will be better," he said.

Dr. Nita Forouhi from Cambridge University said: 'It is too early to change the recommendation of eating 5 servings of vegetables into 7 servings of vegetables a day or more based on this study. Therefore, the current effort is how to increase the population using a diet of at least 5 servings of fruits and vegetables a day, which is more beneficial. "