The new study urges you to "Go Yellow, Go Green- Vegetables are good for you". The yellow and green vegetables are rich in antioxidants called alpha-carotene, which has been aiding in reducing the death rates over the last 14 years.

It is generally believed that oxygen related damage caused to DNA, fats, and proteins may lead to chronic ailments like cancer, and heart diseases. But the magnitude of such damages can be curbed through carotenoids including lycopene, alpha-carotene and beta-carotene, which are produced by microorganisms and plants.
 

About 15,318 adults aged 20 and older were subjected to research by Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, as the part of Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Follow-up Study. Chaoyang Li from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta and his colleagues studied the relationship between the risk of death, and alpha-carotene. The participants to the study were subjected to medical examination and their blood samples were tested between 1988 and 1994, and were even followed during 2006 and their death causes ascertained. During the course of study on accessing their death causes it was found that people who had higher levels of alpha-carotene in the blood had lower risk of death from cancer and cardiovascular diseases. The researchers indicated that daily consumption of fruits and vegetables aided in enhancing the levels of carotenoids in blood. The yellow–orange vegetables and fruits such as sweet potatoes, carrots, pumpkin and winter squash & dark-green vegetables such as broccoli, green peas, spinach, green beans, collards, turnips greens, and leaf lettuce are rich in alpha-carotene content.
 

But these findings may not strike with everyone because there are many out there who don't like fruits and vegetables. If you are one of them, then you can try to fix fruits and vegetables in a different way like preparing pizzas, salads, kebabs, etc. Or you should try to find some new fruits and vegetables of your choice.

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