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Eating more fruits and veggies doesn’t seem to lower the chance of dying from cancer, based on the available evidence.

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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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The study says eating more fruits and veggies doesn’t really lower cancer deaths, which matches part of the claim—but it also shows they greatly lower overall and heart-related deaths, which the claim ignores, making the claim misleading.

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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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Just because eating more fruits and veggies doesn’t lower overall cancer deaths doesn’t mean it doesn’t help prevent certain kinds of cancer — we just didn’t look closely enough at each type.

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Eating more fruits and veggies is linked to a small but real drop in the chance of getting cancer, but eating more than about 6 servings a day doesn’t help much more.

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Eating more fruit seems to help more than eating more vegetables when it comes to lowering the risk of dying from cancer.

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Eating more fruits and veggies each day is linked to living longer, but eating more than five servings a day doesn't help much more.

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Eating more broccoli, cabbage, and similar veggies is linked to a small but noticeable drop in the chance of getting any kind of cancer, especially when people eat them regularly compared to rarely.

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