Eating seven or more fruits and veggies a day reduces death risk
The findings, published in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, established that eating more than seven portions of the healthy food groups reduces your risk of death at any point by 42 percent when compared with eating less than one portion.
"We all know that eating fruit and vegetables is healthy, but the size of the effect is staggering," Dr. Oyinlola Oyebode of UCL's Department of Epidemiology & Public Health, lead author of the study, said in a press release.
Oyebode said a "portion" meant about 80g (3oz), meaning "one large fruit or a handful of smaller fruit or veg," BBC News reported.
Researchers studied more than 65,000 individuals and found that the more fruits and vegetables they ate, the less likely they were to die at any premature age.
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