(AP)- ONE or two extra apples or oranges a day could cut the risk of dying early from heart disease or cancer by 20 per cent, scientists said today.
Researchers found low blood levels of vitamin C, related to low consumption of fruit and vegetables, are associated with higher death rates from heart disease, strokes and some cancers in men.
Professor Kay-Tee Khaw, from Cambridge University, one of the principal researchers, said: "The findings indicate that modest increases in fruit and vegetable intake of just one or two servings a day may be associated with large benefits for health."
The results hold true regardless of age, blood pressure, or whether or not a person smokes. The findings are from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition study.
Fifty-five per cent of tourists do not protect themselves adequately from the sun on holiday and nearly three-quarters use the wrong factor cream, a Boots/Mori poll out today shows.
The research shows only one in ten adults will not buy sun protection or use it abroad but those who do use cream wear too low a factor.
Skin cancer rates have doubled among men and have increased in women aged 15-24 by 58 per cent since 1980.
