Healthy Diet to Avoid Cancer

British researcher discusses value of fruits and vegetables to ward off cancer.
The Los Angeles Times (12/2, Stobart) "Booster Shots" blog reported, "Health writers in the Guardian and Telegraph homed in on the British Journal of Cancer this week, which published summarized findings of a decade-long research project investigating the value of a wide-ranging fruit and vegetable diet in warding off cancer." The blog entry noted that "initial studies in the 1990s claimed that a limited number of case-controlled studies showed that those with a low intake of fruit and vegetables were at greater risk of developing cancer." However, "more specific studies from 1997 to 2007, including research from the American Institute for Cancer Research, concluded that larger intakes of fruit and vegetables offered no greater protection."