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Friday June 20 12:42 PM EDT

-- An apple a day -- along with several more servings of fruits and vegetables -- may indeed keep the doctor away.

A new study has shown that when people who usually ate three or less servings daily of fruits and vegetables consumed eight or more servings, they raised important blood components that help fight cancer.

Specifically, the New Zealand researchers found higher levels of vitamin C and beta-carotene that were tied directly to the 87 study participants eating more fruits and vegetables. Concentrations of antioxidants at this level are likely to reduce the risk of cancer, the authors say in the June 21 issue of the British Medical Journal.

Eating more fruits and vegetables also raised people's levels of vitamin E, carbohydrates, and fiber. But their levels of fats and fatty proteins did not decrease by altering their diets. This led the researchers to recommend that people be given specific dietary guidelines to help them lower the risk of cardiovascular disease.

The investigators also noted that the study participants "seemed to have little difficulty in substantially increasing consumption" of more fruits and vegetables. That's good news, since summer is here and it's a great time to stock up on fresh fruits and vegetables. "In conclusion, we have shown that people with low consumption of fruit and vegetables can appreciably increase plasma concentrations of (beta-carotene) and vitamin C when they follow recommendations to increase their consumption of fruit and vegetables substantially," the authors write. And these concentrations "might be expected to reduce the risk of cancer."

SOURCE: British Medical Journal (1997;314:1787-1791)

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