{"id":5970,"date":"2017-03-07T20:46:16","date_gmt":"2017-03-07T20:46:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zoeharcombe.com\/?p=5970"},"modified":"2018-01-13T15:20:39","modified_gmt":"2018-01-13T15:20:39","slug":"now-10-a-day-supplemental","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zoeharcombe.com\/2017\/03\/now-10-a-day-supplemental\/","title":{"rendered":"Now 10-a-day Supplemental"},"content":{"rendered":"

Further to this post<\/a>, one of the most interesting findings of this recent study<\/a> was that individual fruits and vegetables and various categories of fruits and vegetables randomly seemed to help or not help different conditions.<\/p>\n

In the following table, I have taken the findings from Tables 2-6 in the paper – for CHD, stroke, CVD, Cancer and all-cause mortality – and shared whether or not the findings were statistically significant (Y or N). I have then loosely used the term ‘helped’ where there was a statistically significant difference and “didn’t help’ where there was no statistically significant difference. (The * indicates where this particular item or category was not contained in the table for that condition).<\/p>\n

Does this make sense to you? Either certain fruits and veg have magic properties or they don’t. How can we claim fruit and veg are healthy with these random results?!<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\nTable 2<\/td>\nTable 3<\/td>\nTable 4<\/td>\nTable 5<\/td>\nTable 6<\/td>\n(* = Not In Table)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Significant Difference?<\/strong><\/td>\nCHD<\/strong><\/td>\nStroke<\/strong><\/td>\nCVD<\/strong><\/td>\nCancer<\/strong><\/td>\nAll-cause mortality<\/strong><\/td>\nComments<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Apples, pears<\/td>\nY<\/td>\nY<\/td>\nY<\/td>\n*<\/td>\nY<\/td>\nApples & pears help<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bananas<\/td>\nN<\/td>\n*<\/td>\n*<\/td>\n*<\/td>\nN<\/td>\nBananas don’t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Berries<\/td>\nN<\/td>\nN<\/td>\nN<\/td>\n*<\/td>\nY<\/td>\nBerries help mortality but not the rest<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Citrus Fruits<\/td>\nY<\/td>\nY<\/td>\nY<\/td>\nN<\/td>\nY<\/td>\nCitrus fruits help – but not cancer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dried Fruits<\/td>\nN<\/td>\nN<\/td>\nN<\/td>\nN<\/td>\n*<\/td>\nDried fruits don’t help<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fruit juice<\/td>\nY<\/td>\nY<\/td>\nN<\/td>\nN<\/td>\nY<\/td>\nBut fruit juice (sometimes) does!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Grapes<\/td>\nN<\/td>\nN<\/td>\nN<\/td>\n*<\/td>\n*<\/td>\nDon’t bring grapes to hospital<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Allium vegetables<\/td>\nN<\/td>\nN<\/td>\n*<\/td>\n*<\/td>\nN<\/td>\nGarlic\/onions etc…<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Onions<\/td>\nN<\/td>\n*<\/td>\n*<\/td>\nN<\/td>\nN<\/td>\n… don’t help<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cruciferous veg<\/td>\nN<\/td>\nN<\/td>\nN<\/td>\nY<\/td>\nY<\/td>\nCancer & dying helped but nothing cardio<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Non-cruciferous veg<\/td>\n*<\/td>\n*<\/td>\nY<\/td>\nN<\/td>\nN<\/td>\nCancer & dying NOT helped but cardio is<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Green leafy veg<\/td>\nY<\/td>\nY<\/td>\nY<\/td>\nN<\/td>\nY<\/td>\nHelps, but not with cancer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Potatoes<\/td>\nN<\/td>\nN<\/td>\nN<\/td>\nN<\/td>\nY<\/td>\nSpuds help mortality but not the rest<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tomatoes<\/td>\nN<\/td>\nN<\/td>\nN<\/td>\nN<\/td>\n*<\/td>\nNot the wonder food they’re claimed to be<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Beta carotene rich F&V<\/td>\nY<\/td>\n*<\/td>\nN<\/td>\n*<\/td>\n*<\/td>\nCHD yes, CVD no? How does that work?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vit C rich F&V<\/td>\nY<\/td>\n*<\/td>\nN<\/td>\n*<\/td>\n*<\/td>\nAs above<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Raw F&V<\/td>\nN<\/td>\n*<\/td>\nN<\/td>\n*<\/td>\nY<\/td>\nEven raw food ain’t that good<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Root veg<\/td>\n*<\/td>\nN<\/td>\n*<\/td>\n*<\/td>\nN<\/td>\nRoot veg does nothing…<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Carrots<\/td>\n*<\/td>\n*<\/td>\nY<\/td>\n*<\/td>\n*<\/td>\n…but carrots help with CVD?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tinned fruit<\/td>\n*<\/td>\n*<\/td>\nY (adverse)<\/td>\nN<\/td>\nY (adverse)<\/td>\nTinned fruit doesn’t help or may harm?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Broccoli<\/td>\n*<\/td>\n*<\/td>\nN<\/td>\nN<\/td>\n*<\/td>\nDon’t bother with broccoli<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pickled veg<\/td>\n*<\/td>\nY<\/td>\n*<\/td>\nN<\/td>\n*<\/td>\nPickled veg for stroke, but not cancer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Salads<\/td>\n*<\/td>\n*<\/td>\n*<\/td>\nN<\/td>\nY<\/td>\nNot much helps with cancer full stop!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

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