It has long been known that eating more vegetables is beneficial to health. Recently, American scientists confirmed through a large-scale research study that vegetables can also effectively reduce the risk of developing cancer.
According to reports, scientists from the U.S. National Cancer Institute introduced that many previous studies have found that the risk of cancer is related to diet in many ways. In their study, they tracked 500,000 people over the age of 50 for as long as five years. Participants were asked to record their diet and medical records during the survey period for researchers to analyze.
The research results showed that in general, if people eat one more serving of vegetables or fruits every day, their chances of developing head or neck tumors will be greatly reduced. The researchers said that head or neck tumors are the sixth most fatal type of cancer among all cancers. "Eating more vegetables and fruits to prevent cancer may not sound like news, but in reality, there is still a lot of debate about it. Therefore, our research results are very important," the researchers said.