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Five-a-day more than enough for optimal health

New research backs the five-a-day target for fruit and vegetables, but suggests eating more may have no added benefits, reports [s]BBC News[/s]. An analysis of 16 worldwide studies suggested that for every portion of fruit and vegetables consumed, there was a lower risk of premature death. The team, led by Professor Frank Hu, of [b]Harvard School of Public Health[/b], said: ‘This analysis provides further evidence that a higher consumption of fruit and vegetables is associated with a lower risk of all-cause mortality, particularly cardiovascular mortality. There was a threshold around five servings of fruit and vegetables a day, after which the risk of all cause mortality did not reduce further.’

[link url=http://www.bbc.com/news/health-28542030]Full BBC News report[/link]
[link url=http://www.bmj.com/content/349/bmj.g4490]British Medical Journal abstract[/link]

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