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Eating seven portions of fruit and vegetables lowers death risk

Salad contributed to a 13 per cent risk reduction per portion, and each portion of fresh fruit was associated with a smaller but still significant 4 per cent reduction. "We all know that eating fruit and vegetables is healthy, but the size of the effect is staggering," said Dr Oyinlola Oyebode of UCL's Department of Epidemiology