Eating more fruits and veggies for 3 months doesn’t help protect the DNA in blood cells from damage—even when those cells are stressed in the lab.

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Effect of increasing fruit and vegetable intake by dietary intervention on nutritional biomarkers and attitudes to dietary change: a randomised trial

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Even though people ate more fruits and veggies and their blood showed more healthy nutrients, their DNA didn’t become less damaged after 12 weeks—so eating more didn’t protect their genes in the short term.

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Effect of increasing fruit and vegetable intake by dietary intervention on nutritional biomarkers and attitudes to dietary change: a randomised trial

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DOI: 10.1007/s00394-017-1469-0

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