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Dearth of Fruits & Veggies May Prompt Disease

Poor nutrition u2013 including a lack of fruit, vegetables and whole grains u2013 associates with the development of multiple chronic diseases over time.

With global rates of chronic diseases rising as the population ages, scientists seek solutions to lower the risks of heart disease, diabetes, and cancer.  Zumin Shi, from the University of Adelaide (Australia), and colleagues assessed health, diet and lifestyle data of 1,020 Chinese men and women who participated in the Jiangsu longitudinal Nutrition Study (JIN).  Observing that the proportion of those in the study with more than one chronic disease increased from 14% to 34% over the five year study period, the researchers found that those participants who ate more fresh fruit and vegetables, and more grains other than wheat and rice, had better health outcomes overall. The study authors conclude that: “greater consumption of fruits and vegetable and whole grain products consumption appear to lower the risk of multimorbidity.”

Guillaume Ruel, Zumin Shi, Shiqi Zhen, Hui Zuo, Edeltraut Koöger, Caroline Sirois, Jean-Frederic Levesque, Anne W. Taylor.  “Association between nutrition and the evolution of multimorbidity: The importance of fruits and vegetables and whole grain products.”  Clinical Nutrition, Volume 33, Issue 3, Pages 513-520.

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