Fruits and Veggies: National Cancer Society

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A diet rich in plant foods and the maintenance of a healthy body

weight could prevent four million cases of cancer world wide,

conclude two reports, one by The World Cancer Research Fund, and the

other by the Committee on the Medical Aspects of Food and Nutrition

Policy in the UK.

 

Both reports emphasize the importance of increasing intake of fiber

and of fruits and vegetables to five or more servings daily. The

American Cancer Society recommends 10 to 20 servings per day, it

goes up every year as they get smarter.

 

They now recomend a reduction in daily red and processed meat

consumption to less than 80-90gr, the equivalent of two pieces of

bacon or a ham sandwich.

 

Unfortunately most people eat way too much cooked and processed

foods, and nowhere near enough raw fruits and vegetables. (The most

popular vegetable in America is the French fried potato, and no,

ketchup does not count).

 

Even those of us who try to eat well are

consuming fruits and vegetables that have been grown on depleted

soils and thus are nutritionally deficient.

In addition most farmers

do not put trace mineral back into the soils and they pick them

early to get them to market before they rot.

 

Thus we get a pretty plant structure with little nutrition within.

 

The National Cancer Society notes that this lack of quality

nutrition can be remedied by eating 20 large servings of fruits and

vegetables every day, but few would do it, and fewer still would eat

the recommended kale, broccoli, turnip greens, parsley, spinach,

collard greens and other dark green cruciferous vegetables that are

so high in nutrition.