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New study: the More Veggies, the Better

posted by janrinok on Wednesday April 02 2014, @08:32AM   
from the the-answer-is-blowing-in-the-wind dept.

TrumpetPower! writes:

A new study published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health authored by researchers at the University College of London has found that the more vegetables (and, to a lesser extent, fresh fruit) you eat the better your chances of longevity.

As the popular press is reporting, Oyinlola Oyebode, the study's lead researcher, said in a prepared statement that "We all know that eating fruit and vegetables is healthy, but the size of the effect is staggering." The research established correlation, not causation, but the findings are consistent with already-established guidelines from worldwide governmental health agencies. If you want to live a long and healthy life, eat plenty of veggies.

• Re:low carb (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 02 2014, @06:50PM

  by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 02 2014, @06:50PM (#25082)

  Why would it be any surprise that we're best adapted to eat fruits and vegetables, can generally handle eating meat and fish, but only tolerably adapted to eat grains and dairy?

  Answer: Because it takes significantly less than 10000 years for a species to adapt to a new diet.

  From an evolutionary perspective, shouldn't all of these dietary changes enhance the organism's chance to survive through its reproductive period? Don't the ill effects we're talking about typically occur long after most reproduction occurs? How could natural selection possibly have a significant effect on these long term effects?

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