Great Article Pat! Would like to point out that one of the flaws in the study is that it failed to distinguish or break out results for different types of cancer. Cancer is hundreds, if not thousands, of diseases. The development of certain cancers (i.e., colorectal, prostate, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, etc.) has been shown to be impacted by fruit and vegetable intake (and that of other anti-oxidants such as green tea as well). Diet is not such a big factor in some other cancers. By combining the data from all cancers, the findings tend to cancel each other out, giving you the kind of neutral to modest results this study finds.
In addition to affecting incidence of cancer, the intake of fruit and vegetable before diagnosis was found to have a very significant impact on outcomes in non-Hodgkin's lymphomas. Those who consumed higher amounts of green leafy vegetables and citrus were found to have a 29% and 27% reduction in death rate in a recent Yale/New Haven Study.
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Great Article Pat! Would like to point out that one of the flaws in the study is that it failed to distinguish or break out results for different types of cancer. Cancer is hundreds, if not thousands, of diseases. The development of certain cancers (i.e., colorectal, prostate, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, etc.) has been shown to be impacted by fruit and vegetable intake (and that of other anti-oxidants such as green tea as well). Diet is not such a big factor in some other cancers. By combining the data from all cancers, the findings tend to cancel each other out, giving you the kind of neutral to modest results this study finds.
In addition to affecting incidence of cancer, the intake of fruit and vegetable before diagnosis was found to have a very significant impact on outcomes in non-Hodgkin's lymphomas. Those who consumed higher amounts of green leafy vegetables and citrus were found to have a 29% and 27% reduction in death rate in a recent Yale/New Haven Study.
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