At least a lot of nutrition researchers want you to think so.
In doing research for a wellness presentation, I realized I’ve never written about health statistics. Yes, they can be skewed depending on how they’re interpreted, but more importantly, when it comes to health, researchers most often use mortality, or the death rate to measure their findings. Then the spin doctors take over.
I came across an article, so blatant in its misdirection that I felt compelled to write about living and dying.
The article stated that one didn’t have to eat all those servings of fruit, vegetables, and/or beans, that mortality didn’t improve among those who ate more than four servings a day.
Hmmm … sounds like I can just forget about all this hype about eating more plants, right? Do I really need 7–13 servings of fruits and veggies?
. Well, let’s look at what they measured: how many people died and at what age, as affected by their intake of fruits and vegetables. There was absolutely zero information on their existing health. I don’t know about you, but I want to feel good for as long as possible. Actually, who wouldn’t want to feel great until the moment they die? If that’s ten years earlier than someone who:
- can barely walk due to…
