A limited budget need not be a barrier to eating healthily, as five portions of fruit and vegetables can cost just 80p a day, says a nutritionist.
This is from the BBC NEWS the World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) is concerned the credit crunch will see shoppers ditching healthy food items.
But the WCRF's Nathalie Winn said shoppers should buy in season and also use cheaper tinned and frozen produce.
Fruit and vegetable consumption has been linked with a reduced risk of some types of cancer.
Eating a variety of fruits could decrease the risk of developing cancers of the stomach, mouth, pharynx and larynx by nearly a fifth, and of the the oesophagus by 5%.
Foods containing lycopene, such as tomatoes, have been shown to decrease the risk of prostate cancer by 20% the WRCF said.
Increases in food prices, and pressures on the family budget because of continuing economic problems, may prompt people to buy less fruit and vegetables because they think they are too expensive and are worried about wastage, they warned.
Well Nathalie Winn, I don’t know where you shop, maybe Harrods, but you obviously haven’t been to your local supermarket because the price of all food is rising at about 18% per year; my shopping has risen by almost 25% this year.
It is hard enough just to afford essentials, fruit and veg are fast becoming luxuries in today’s world, so just back off a bit and have another think, or better still get the supermarkets to lower their prices all round, because “every bit helps” as a well known retailer says who is making about £1 million per hour, doesn't.
"Our lives are not in the lap of the gods, but in the lap of our cooks."-Lin Yutang
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This is from the BBC NEWS the World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) is concerned the credit crunch will see shoppers ditching healthy food items.
But the WCRF's Nathalie Winn said shoppers should buy in season and also use cheaper tinned and frozen produce.
Fruit and vegetable consumption has been linked with a reduced risk of some types of cancer.
Eating a variety of fruits could decrease the risk of developing cancers of the stomach, mouth, pharynx and larynx by nearly a fifth, and of the the oesophagus by 5%.
Foods containing lycopene, such as tomatoes, have been shown to decrease the risk of prostate cancer by 20% the WRCF said.
Increases in food prices, and pressures on the family budget because of continuing economic problems, may prompt people to buy less fruit and vegetables because they think they are too expensive and are worried about wastage, they warned.
Well Nathalie Winn, I don’t know where you shop, maybe Harrods, but you obviously haven’t been to your local supermarket because the price of all food is rising at about 18% per year; my shopping has risen by almost 25% this year.
It is hard enough just to afford essentials, fruit and veg are fast becoming luxuries in today’s world, so just back off a bit and have another think, or better still get the supermarkets to lower their prices all round, because “every bit helps” as a well known retailer says who is making about £1 million per hour, doesn't.
"Our lives are not in the lap of the gods, but in the lap of our cooks."-Lin Yutang
Angus
Angus Dei on all and sundry
NHS Behind the headlines
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