By Roni Caryn Rabin
February 21, 2011
"A study of almost 400,000 people aged 50 to 71 has found a strong link between a high-fiber diet and a longer life. Specifically, subjects who ate a diet rich in whole grains, fruits and vegetables (adding up to 29 grams of fiber per day for men, 26 grams for women) were 22 percent less likely to die after nine years than those who ate the least fiber (13 and 11 grams per day), according to the study, in Archives of Internal Medicine..."
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/22/health/research/22diet.html
Moral of the story? Eat more fruits & vegetables!
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