WHAT'S GREEN AND YELLOW AND GOOD ALL OVER?

Nov 8, 1994

Pigments in green and yellow vegetables may stave off heart disease and a form of blindness that afflicts the elderly, according to two new studies to be published in tomorrow's Journal of the American Medical Association. In one study, men with high levels of the pigments -- called carotenoids -- had 36 percent fewer heart attacks and deaths over a period of 13 years than men with low levels of carotenoids in their blood. The effect was enhanced in nonsmokers. The second study showed that people who consumed the most dark green, leafy vegetables were 43 percent less likely to have developed age-related eye degeneration than people who had consumed the least.

EAT YOUR VEGETABLES:

Mar 28, 1995

One quarter of American schoolchildren do not regularly eat fruit or vegetables or brush their teeth, according to a new national survey. The American Health Foundation, a private New York-based research organization, and Scholastic Inc., a publisher, released results of a questionnaire distributed to 3,112 primary school children at a conference sponsored by the American Cancer Society. "These statistics knock you out of your chair," commented Dr. Edward J. Sondik, acting director of the National Cancer Institute. TIME medical writer Christine Gorman says health professionals have long worried about children's health habits, especially because of the implications for later life: "Eating fruits and vegetables is one of the things people can do to reduce cancer."

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