Does daily vegetable consumption reduce the risk of heart problems?

Prices may be good for you, but consuming many of them is unlikely to reduce the risk of a heart attack or stroke, suggests a major study in the United Kingdom. What else we eat, how much exercise we exercise, and where and how we live can have more impact, researchers say. But they point out that a balanced diet helps reduce the risk of many diseases, including certain types of cancer.

The study, from Oxford and Bristoli universities and Hong Kong Chinese University, asked nearly 400,000 people attending the Biobank study in the United Kingdom to complete a questionnaire on their diet, including the amount of cooked and raw vegetables they ate every day. Their health and any heart problems that led to hospital or death treatment were later traced over the next 12 years.

Although the risk of death from cardiovascular diseases was about 15% lower for those who ate more vegetables, especially those who ate many raw vegetables compared with those who ate less, researchers said it could be explained by other factors. These included people's life - style, for example, if they smoked and drank alcohol as well as their jobs, income, and diet.

As a result, they said that their study found no evidence of “a protection effect from vegetable consumption” on how often heart and blood flow problems appeared.

Prof Naded Sattar, professor of metabolic medicine at the University of Glasgow, said the study's findings have room for discussion and should not change popular advice to eat at least five fruit and vegetable portions a day.

Why eat five servings a day?

According to NHS advice, fruits and vegetables are a good source of vitamins, such as speech and minerals, such as potassium.

They also contain fibers that can help sustain healthy intestines, prevent digestive problems, and reduce the risk of intestine cancer.

They can help reduce the risk of heart disease, stroke, and other types of cancer

fruit and vegetables contribute to a healthy and balanced diet

They usually have a little fat and calories (environd that you don't fry or bake in lots of oil)