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Fruit and vege for total cancer protection ? forget about it.

Study: Fruit, Vegetables Useless Against Breast Cancer

Does a diet rich in fruit and vegetables lower breast cancer risk? New research contradicts the results of earlier reports that suggested a protective benefit. The latest study, published in this week's JAMA, found no link between eating fruits and vegetables and a subsequent decreased risk for breast cancer, among hundreds of thousands of women.Carla H. van Gils, Ph.D., of the University Medical Center, Utrecht, the Netherlands, and colleagues examined how the intake of total and specific vegetable and fruit groups is related to breast cancer risk among participants in the European Prospective Investigation Into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) study, a large prospective collaboration project carried out in 10 European countries.

"[T]he findings from this study confirm the data from the largest pooled analysis to date, in that no large protective effects for vegetable or fruit intake in relation to breast cancer can be observed," the authors note.

DO FRUITS AND VEGETABLES PROTECT AGAINST BOWEL CANCER?

They conclude "high consumption of fruit and vegetables did not appear to be protective against cancers of the colon or rectum in our large U.S. cohort".

Fiber Not Protective for Colon Cancer

There are plenty of good reasons to eat a fiber-rich diet, but lowering colorectal cancer risk may not be among them.

Junk science or not, you be the judge .