The simple advice that we have heard since we were kids: Eat More Vegetables. Obviously that is easier said than done.
Mortality and Morbidity weekly report from the Centers of Disease control and Prevention reported on State-Specific Trends in Fruit and Vegetable Consumption Among Adults in United States, 2000-2009 shows that American adults are simply not eating their veggies, or much fruit, either. The study, titled Healthy People 2010, found that in 2009 efforts to get the public to eat the recommended daily allowance of at least two servings of fruit and at least three of vegetables fell flat. The report states “In 2009, an estimated 32.5% of adults consumed fruit two or more times per day and 26.3% consumed vegetables three or more times per day, far short of the national targets. Overall, the proportion of adults who met the fruit target declined slightly, but significantly, from 34.4% in 2000 to 32.5% in 2009…” According to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, each increment of 3 daily servings of fruit and vegetables equate to a 22% decrease in risk of stroke! The International Agency for Research on Cancer, which is part of the World Health Organization, did a monumental review of the best research on fruits, vegetables, and cancer and said that “Eating more vegetables probably lowers the risk of cancers of the esophagus and colon-rectum and possibly reduces the risk of cancers of the mouth, pharynx, stomach, larynx, lung, ovary and kidney."
