Monday, April 16, 2007

Fruits and vegetables reduce the risk of cancer

If you want to reduce your risk of several common types of cancer, help may be no farther away than your kitchen (Yahoo News).


A trio of new studies presented at the annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research on Sunday found that vegetables and fruits help lower your chances of getting head and neck, breast, ovarian and pancreatic cancers.


One of the studies even found that just one additional serving of vegetables or fruits could help lower the risk of head and neck cancer. Still, the more fruits and vegetables you can consume, the better.

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