Vitamin C related to reduced risk of cardiovascular disease and early death

Note that, on average, poor people have more heart disease and shorter lives, and tend to live in "food deserts", where they do not have good access to fruits and vegetables.

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-07/uoct-vcr070615.php

Public Release: 7-Jul-2015
University of Copenhagen The Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences

New research from the University of Copenhagen and Herlev and Gentofte Hospital shows that high vitamin C concentrations in the blood from the intake of fruit and vegetables are associated with a reduced risk of cardiovascular disease and early death.

Fruit and vegetables are healthy. We all know that. And now there is yet another good reason for eating lots of it. New research from the University of Copenhagen shows that the risk of cardiovascular disease and early death falls with a high intake of fruit and vegetables, and that this may be dued to vitamin C.

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