"Eating vegetables doesn't stop cancer" was reported by many newspapers but did the results actually say?The results, from a study titled European Prospective Investigation into Cancer Nutrition (EPIC), which was published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, showed that eating five servings of fruits and vegetables in a day, has a much more modest effect on cancer protection, than was previously reported.
The study went against the current understanding and it worried health experts. This is because eating five servings of fruits and vegetables daily - as recommended by the World Health Organisation - can protect against several other diseases including heart diseases and diabetes.
A reputed medical journal, 'The Lancet', contained an editorial last week which emphasised that the five-fruits-and-vegetable-servings-a-day campaign is still an incredibly important public health initiative.
It has been found that people who ate more than five servings in a day had a 26 percent lower risk of heart stroke when compared with those who ate less than three servings.
Eating fruits and vegetables can help maintain a healthy bodyweight, which can reduce the risk of cancer since obesity is second only to smoking as a preventable cause, according to the editorial. Fruits and vegetables are a good source of fibre and eating a high fibre diet can help prevent bowel cancer.
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