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Fruit and vegetable intake and the risk for developing coronary heart disease.

​High dietary ingestion of fruits and vegetables may be beneficial in the prevention of coronary heart disease.

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Flavonoids intake and risk of lung cancer: a meta-analysis.

​Regular intake of foods high in flavonoids may offer individuals adequate protection against lung cancer.

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Cruciferous and Allium Vegetable Intakes are Inversely Associated With 15-Year Atherosclerotic Vascular Disease Deaths in Older Adult Women.

​A significant reduction in atherosclerotic vascular disease mortality risk appear to be related to habitual consumption of cruciferous and allium vegetables in older women.

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  • 2017
  • Blekkenhorst LC, Bondonno CP, Lewis JR, Devine A, Zhu K, Lim WH, Woodman RJ, Beilin LJ, Prince RL, Hodgson JM.
  • School of Medicine and Pharmacology, Royal Perth Hospital Unit, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia lauren.blekkenhorst@research.uwa.edu.au. School of Medicine and Pharmacology, Royal Perth Hospital Unit, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia. School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia. School of Medicine and Pharmacology, Queen Elizabeth Medical Centre Unit, The University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia. Centre for Kidney Research, Children's Hospital at Westmead, New South Wales, Australia. School of Public Health, Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia. Renal Medicine Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia. Flinders Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
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  • No. Source of funding disclosure not found
  • No. Potential conflicts disclosure not found
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Association between antioxidant vitamins and asthma outcome measures: systematic review and meta-analysis.

Asthma is less likely to occur among regular consumers of foods rich in vitamin A and C.

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Protective effect of allium vegetables against both esophageal and stomach cancer: a simultaneous case-referent study of a high-epidemic area in Jiangsu Province, China.

​Adequate intake of allium vegetables, such as garlic, onion, Welsh onion, and Chinese Chives, may decrease an individual's predisposition to esophageal and stomach cancers.

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Lycopene and Risk of Prostate Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

​High intake of lycopene-rich foods may help guard against the development of prostate cancer.

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  • 2015
  • Chen P, Zhang W, Wang X, Zhao K, Negi DS, Zhuo L, Qi M, Wang X, Zhang X.
  • From the Department of Urology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China (PC, WZ, XW, KZ, DSN, LZ, MQ, XW, XZ).
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  • No. Source of funding disclosure not found
  • No. Potential conflicts disclosure not found
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The effect of fruit and vegetable intake on risk for coronary heart disease.

​The tendency of developing coronary heart disease is low in individuals who frequently consumed generous portions of fruits and vegetables, especially green leafy vegetables and vitamin C-containing fruits and vegetables.

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  • 2001
  • Joshipura KJ, Hu FB, Manson JE, Stampfer MJ, Rimm EB, Speizer FE, Colditz G, Ascherio A, Rosner B, Spiegelman D, Willett WC.
  • Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
  • No, Free full text of study was not found.
  • No. Source of funding disclosure not found
  • No. Potential conflicts disclosure not found
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Vitamin A and risk of cervical cancer: a meta-analysis.

​Consistent consumption of foods high in vitamin A and high blood levels of vitamin A may help prevent the development of cervical cancer in women.

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  • 2012
  • Zhang X, Dai B, Zhang B, Wang Z.
  • Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Shandong University, Shandong, PR China.
  • No, Free full text of study was not found.
  • No. Source of funding disclosure not found
  • No. Potential conflicts disclosure not found
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Fruit and Vegetables Consumption and Risk of Hypertension: A Meta-Analysis.

​A significant reduction in hypertension risk is associated with increased consumption of fruits and vegetables.

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Dietary total flavonoids intake and risk of mortality from all causes and cardiovascular disease in the general population: A systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies.

​High dietary ingestion of flavonoid-containing foods may reduce the odds of dying from cardiovascular disorders and other chronic diseases.

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Association of vegetable and fruit intake with gastric cancer risk among Japanese: a pooled analysis of four cohort studies.

​Habitual consumption of fruits and vegetables may contribute positively to the prevention of stomach (gastric) cancer.

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  • 2014
  • Shimazu T, Wakai K, Tamakoshi A, Tsuji I, Tanaka K, Matsuo K, Nagata C, Mizoue T, Inoue M, Tsugane S, Sasazuki S; Research Group for the Development and Evaluation of Cancer Prevention Strategies in Japan.
  • Epidemiology and Prevention Division, Research Center for Cancer Prevention and Screening, National Cancer Center, Tokyo tshimazu@ncc.go.jp. Department of Preventive Medicine, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya. Department of Public Health, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo. Division of Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Forensic Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai. Department of Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Saga University, Saga. Department of Preventive Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka. Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu. Department of Epidemiology and Prevention, Clinical Research Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo. Epidemiology and Prevention Division, Research Center for Cancer Prevention and Screening, National Cancer Center, Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. Epidemiology and Prevention Division, Research Center for Cancer Prevention and Screening, National Cancer Center, Tokyo.
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  • No. Source of funding disclosure not found
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Carrot intake and incidence of urothelial cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

​Frequent consumption of carrots may reduce the likelihood of developing urothelial cancer.

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