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Eating seven or more portions of fruit and vegetables a day is healthier than the five currently recommended and would save more lives, researchers say.
A study of 65,226 men and women indicated the more fruit and vegetables people ate, the less likely they were to die - at any age.
"Seven a day" cut death risk by 42%, "five a day" by 29%, it indicated.
But the government says its "five-a-day" advice is sufficient and that many of us struggle to achieve even this.
Experts said other lifestyle factors, such as not smoking or drinking excessively, may have accounted for the drop in mortality, not just fruit and veg consumption, although the study authors said they had tried to account for this.
The University College London researchers used the National Health Survey, which collects data from people in the UK each year through questionnaires and nurse visits, to look at diet and lifestyle.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-26818377
A study of 65,226 men and women indicated the more fruit and vegetables people ate, the less likely they were to die - at any age.
"Seven a day" cut death risk by 42%, "five a day" by 29%, it indicated.
But the government says its "five-a-day" advice is sufficient and that many of us struggle to achieve even this.
Experts said other lifestyle factors, such as not smoking or drinking excessively, may have accounted for the drop in mortality, not just fruit and veg consumption, although the study authors said they had tried to account for this.
The University College London researchers used the National Health Survey, which collects data from people in the UK each year through questionnaires and nurse visits, to look at diet and lifestyle.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-26818377
