Proc Nutr Soc. 2005 Nov;64(4):543-53.
Micronutrients: dietary intake v. supplement use.
Woodside JV, McCall D, McGartland C, Young IS.
"A number of studies have combined a low-fat diet with increased fruit, vegetable and whole-grain consumption. Recent observational evidence from the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Ageing (Tucker et al. 2005) indicates that, over an average 18 years follow-up, the men who consumed the combination of five or more servings of fruit and vegetables per d and £12% energy from saturated fat are 31% less likely to die from any cause (P<0.05) and 76% less likely to die from CHD (P<0.001). This combination of high fruit and vegetable and low
saturated fat intakes was found to be more protective than either of the
interventions alone. This work is backed up by a controlled feeding study in healthy volunteers (Gardner et al. 2005) that has shown that a 4-week low-fat diet intervention that
also incorporates markedly more vegetables, legumes and whole grains (therefore likely to increase micronutrient status), enhances the lipid-lowering effect of
a typical low-fat diet."
Permit me to repeat:
...consumed the combination of five or more servings of fruit and vegetables per day and 12% energy from saturated fat are 31% less likely to die from any cause and 76% less likely to die from CHD,
This combination of high fruit AND vegetable and LOW
saturated fat intakes was found to be more protective than either of the
interventions alone.
STEAK KILLS!!! WAKE UP & SMELL THE TOFU!!!
