Fruit and Vegetables, Not Many Prevent Cancer

New York, from now on do not need to over-consume vegetables and fruit. Recent research shows, its contribution to cancer prevention was not as big as previously thought.

Quoted from AFP on Thursday (04/08/2010) research on this topic was conducted by a team from Mount Sinai School of Medicine and published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. A total of 470 000 volunteers were involved, were recruited from 10 countries in western Europe.

During the eight years since 1992 scientists investigate and finally concluded that increased intake of fruit and vegetables as much as 200 grams/day only reduced the risk of cancer of approximately 3 percent. From these results, the effects of cancer prevention is considered not as big as expected.

In women, the benefits of smaller fruits and vegetables on cancer prevention. While the people who smoke and drink alcohol, its protection is limited to the risk of smoking-related cancer and alcohol.
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