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Eating seven portions of fruit and vegetables lowers death risk

Researchers found that the more fruit and vegetables people ate, the less likely they were to die at any age. Eating seven or more portions of fruit and vegetables a day reduced the specific risks of death by cancer and heart disease by 25 per cent and 31 per cent respectively.