VEGETABLES AND FRUITS FOR CANCER

Another good reason to eat lots of fresh vegetables and fruits. Here is some of the growing evidence. A salad a day keeps the doctor away.

"After adjustment for age, BMI, smoking, physical activity, province, educational attainment and total energy intake, the fruits and vegetables pattern was associated with a 49% reduction in pancreatic risk among men (OR = 0.51, 95% CI 0.29-0.90, p = 0.004) when comparing the highest and lowest quartiles of dietary pattern scores. No significant relationship was observed with the Western and drinker patterns. Although the response rate for eligible, recruited subjects was relatively low, our results suggest that the fruits and vegetables dietary pattern reduces pancreatic cancer risk among men."

http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/109859026/ABSTRACT