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What Is The 5-A-Day Program?
S-A-Day is a program developed by the National Cancer Institute to encourage us to eat more fhiits and vegetables — at least 5 servings every day. The Food Guide Pyramid also shows that we should eat at least five servings of fruits and vegetables every day, three to five from the vegetable group and two to four from the fruit group.
Some people may ask how did experts at MCI come up with the number 5? They reviewed 156 studies that looked at the link between eating certain foods and getting cancer. The experts found that eating fruits and vegetables protected against cancer in 82 percent of these studies.
People who ate a lot of fruits and vegetables had half the risk of cancer of people who ate few fruits and vegetables.
Five servings of fruits and vegetables a day was the definition of “a lot.”
Fruits and vegetables were found B»‘have a protective effect for the following cancers — lung, breast, mouth and throat, stomach, colon and rectal, cervical and ovarian.
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How Fruits And Vegetables
Protect Us J*.’ Fruits and vegetables protect us because of the natural substances they contain. Fruits and vegetables are: high in fiber, rich sources of vitamins C and A, low in fat unless we add fat during cooking. r*
Which Fruits And Vegetables
Are Best? ,, Vitamin C — Eat at least one vitMrs.
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