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Fruit and Veggies Could Decrease Lung Cancer Risk: This Week on AOL Health

Posted on Sep 2nd 2010 11:00AM by Alyssa Sparacino
Filed Under: Diet & Weight Loss, News

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If you're struggling to quit smoking and looking for other ways to be healthy, new research has found that a diet high in a variety of fruits and veggies could reduce your risk for lung cancer.

Though the authors did say that the best way to reduce your risk of cancer is to kick your tobacco habit for good, adding more of these foods -- and different varities -- could have similar, though less significant, benefits.

"It makes sense to assume that it is important that you not only eat the recommended amounts but also consume a rich mix," lead researcher Dr. H. Bas Bueno-de-Mesquita said in a statement.

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