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Eating Fruits, Vegetables Won't Reduce Cancer Risk
Halifax Live ^ | November 03, 2004 | staff

Posted on 11/02/2004 11:37:09 PM PST by SunkenCiv

[A] study conducted by the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston... found no reduced risk of cancer among those who consumed at least five servings of fruits and vegetables a day. However, on the positive side, they found eating fruits and vegetables did lower the risk of developing heart disease.

(Excerpt) Read more at halifaxlive.com ...


TOPICS: Food; Health/Medicine; Science
KEYWORDS: atkins; health; ovolacto; vegan; vegetarian
I guess that squashed the hope of some people. [rimshot!]
1 posted on 11/02/2004 11:37:09 PM PST by SunkenCiv
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To: blam; Ernest_at_the_Beach; FairOpinion; ValerieUSA
At least veggie and fruit lovers are less likely to have a corn-ary. [ducks, runs]
2 posted on 11/02/2004 11:37:56 PM PST by SunkenCiv ("All I have seen teaches me trust the Creator for all I have not seen." -- Emerson)
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To: SunkenCiv

Good. I can throw out all the green stuff in my 'fridge and go back to a junk food diet.


3 posted on 11/02/2004 11:38:04 PM PST by PeoplesRepublicOfWashington (Vote Kerry: The Space Needle is an eyesore anyway.)
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To: SunkenCiv

will have to tell this to my wife.

I keep telling her vegetables are overrated.


4 posted on 11/02/2004 11:38:43 PM PST by flashbunny (Every thought that enters my head requires its own vanity thread.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Muttly always eat vegs. with meat.

A little squirrel...a little lawn...healthy pup !


5 posted on 11/02/2004 11:39:44 PM PST by PoorMuttly ("The right of the People to be Muttly shall not be infringed,")
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To: PeoplesRepublicOfWashington

Atkins. And get a bumpersticker -- "I Love Animals. They're Delicious."


6 posted on 11/02/2004 11:40:07 PM PST by SunkenCiv ("All I have seen teaches me trust the Creator for all I have not seen." -- Emerson)
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To: SunkenCiv

I do not need any more gas tonight, thank you.


7 posted on 11/02/2004 11:42:37 PM PST by T'wit (Remarkable! John Kerry manages to be a stuffed shirt and an empty suit at the same time.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Look! Look! Civ's Fruit of the Looms are not wedgie-proof!
Hee hee... Ducks don't run - they waddle. Just like that!


8 posted on 11/02/2004 11:56:47 PM PST by ValerieUSA
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To: ValerieUSA
Hanes. :')

9 posted on 11/03/2004 7:11:57 AM PST by SunkenCiv ("All I have seen teaches me trust the Creator for all I have not seen." -- Emerson)
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To: ValerieUSA
Last post for the day. Just trying out my new and (hopefully) improved faux tagline.

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10 posted on 11/03/2004 9:04:12 AM PST by SunkenCiv ("All I have seen teaches me trust the Creator for all I have not seen." -- Emerson)
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To: Coleus

The Physics of Gluttony
MIT Technology Review ^ | November 12, 2004 | Richard A. Muller
Posted on 11/12/2004 8:34:01 PM PST by snarks_when_bored
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/1278899/posts


11 posted on 02/04/2005 11:30:40 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Ted "Kids, I Sunk the Honey" Kennedy is just a drunk who's never held a job (or had to).)
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