8 servings of fruits and vegetables a day reduces the risk

Quanta fruits and Vegetables eat every day? If in 2003 the World Health Organization advised to consume at least five servings a day, today the situation changes. According to a study published in the journal European Heart Journal, for important benefits and prevent diseases charged to the cardiovascular system is best to bring to the table eight servings of fruits and vegetables every day. For those who follow this rule, mortality from heart attack, hypertension and other serious diseases of the heart is lower than the 20%, compared to those who do not consume more than three servings of fruits and vegetables a day.

In reaching these conclusions a group of researchers at the University of Oxford carried out a thorough analysis of data collected from the Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC): a European project that aims to identify associations between power, Lifestyles, and external factors outbreaks of deadly diseases such as cardiovascular disease precisely and the cancer. In particular, the information considered by the British researchers had been collected in the period 1992-2000 and targeted over 300 thousand Europeans between 40 and 85 years of age.

Well, the analysis of this huge archive of data, it appeared that for prevent the most serious diseases of the heart is good to bring to the table a piece of fruit or vegetables at least eight times a day. In statistical terms, the mortality was reduced by more than 20%. Combining proper nutrition to Sports habits and the results are even more exciting. In this sense, the study coordinator Francesca Crowe specified “We must be cautious in front of these results. Often, those who adopt eating and other lifestyles they contribute on consumption of fruit and vegetables as well as the cardiovascular protection.