A diet based on organic foods could prevent cancer

Washington: A recent study suggests that Organic fruit and vegetable consumption could help you avoid a cancer diagnosis. ] According to the study published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine, the study reveals that the risk of cancer is 25% lower among those who consume the most organic foods than those who consume them. the least.

Julia Baudry, lead researcher of the study said that the increased consumption of foods from organic farming was linked to a 34% reduction in the risk of bad cancer in women postmenopausal age, a 76% reduction in the risk of lymphoma and an 86% reduction in non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

"If our findings are confirmed, organic food consumption can contribute to cancer prevention," said Baudry, although the study did not prove that cancer risk had decreased directly.
The researcher further suggested that people should not stop eating fruits and vegetables if they could not afford more expensive products from organic farming.

It is recognized that eating fruits and vegetables reduces the risk of chronic diseases and cancer, regardless of Baudry and other experts said in this study that Baudry and his colleagues had badyzed the data from nearly 69,000 people participating in an ongoing French study on badociations between nutrition and health.

Bio foods are grown without pesticides, fertilizers and other chemicals. Studies have shown that people who consume organic foods have less pesticide residues in their urine, she noted. "Pesticide exposure has been badociated with a higher cancer risk" in previous studies, Baudry said.

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