I always thought vegetables were healthier than fruits.. But more people die from not eating enough fruits than from not eating enough vegetables. According to mainstream thinking at least:
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/deaths-risk-factor-50-69years?time=2021
Also true within high-income countries:
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/deaths-risk-factor-50-69years?time=2021&country=~OWID_HIC
Of course "mainstream" medicine isn't "correct". But it's an approximation of correct that we are hard-pressed to best. We know some will be wrong, but we can't easily know which parts. I'm guessing however the fruit/vegetable thing is probably correct. Given we evolved from mostly fruit-eating mammals.
Mike Dilger ☑️
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