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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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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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This big study found that eating one more serving of fruits or veggies each day lowers your chance of dying from any cause by 5%, but eating more than five servings a day doesn’t help any more.

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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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