Carrots: Possible Cancer-Fighting Food
Bump up your intake of this vegetable for a significant health boost.
Bump up your intake of this vegetable for a significant health boost.
If you like carrots, good news: The popular orange veggie could reduce your cancer risk.
A recent meta-analysis study conducted by UK researchers has shed light on the relationship between carrot consumption and cancer risk, analyzing data from 50 different studies. What they found is nothing short of remarkable: There's a linear dose-response relationship between carrot intake and relative cancer risk. To put it simply, the more carrots you eat, the lower your risk of cancer seems to be.
I discuss the findings below, as well as in this YouTube video.
According to the study, just one serving of carrots per week can provide about a 5% reduction in cancer risk. But why stop there? Amping up your carrot intake to five servings per week can slash your cancer risk by about 20%. And in case you're wondering what constitutes a serving, it's equivalent to two medium carrots, one cup of baby carrots, or one cup of chopped
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