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PMID: 22897535 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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Whitehead et al. begin their intriguing article with the following two authoritative statements (leading off their abstract and introduction, respectively): "Fruit and vegetable consumption is inadequate among adults in the United States" and "Inadequate fruit and vegetable consumption is an enduring problem that presents a significant challenge to human well-being." (1(p207)) Although these statements are definitive, the evidence for them is less so, deriving mostly from observational studies and various problematic research designs.(2) It is entirely possible that worldwide fruit-and-vegetable consumption is already at an appropriate level (or maybe even too high), and what the world's people may want to do to improve their health is consume fewer processed products like those containing refined grains and sugar. Exclusively carnivorous peoples like the Masai did just fine without eating fruits or vegetables(3,4)-as did the Inuit who considered fruits and vegetables "not proper human food."(4,5) Only after the introduction of white flour and sugar to traditional plant-avoiding diets did such peoples begin to exhibit diseases like obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and cancer.(4) It is not clear that eating more fruits and vegetable would help. Indeed, it has not helped protect exclusively vegetarian Hindus from escaping similar chronic-disease fates; in fact, they may be disproportionately affected.(6) (Am J Public Health. Published online ahead of print August 16, 2012: e1. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2012.300925). |
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Sean C Lucan |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2012-8-16 |
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Title: American journal of public health Volume: - ISSN: 1541-0048 ISO Abbreviation: Am J Public Health Publication Date: 2012 Aug |
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Created Date: 2012-8-17 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 1254074 Medline TA: Am J Public Health Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Sean C. Lucan is with the Department of Family and Social Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY. |
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