Because people often misremember or misreport how much fruit and veggies they eat, the real benefit might be even stronger than what the study found.

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Fruit and vegetable consumption and mortality from all causes, cardiovascular disease, and cancer: systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies

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Even though people might not remember exactly how much fruit and veggies they ate, the study still found that those who ate more lived longer—so the real benefit might be even bigger than what was measured.

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Fruit and vegetable consumption and mortality from all causes, cardiovascular disease, and cancer: systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies

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DOI: 10.1136/bmj.g4490

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