'3 a day' is enough to slash death risk - as long as you have a decent serving

  Three portions of fruit and vegetables a day are as good as five at boosting life expectancy, a major global study has found. Research on more than 130,000 adults found that a “modest level of consumption” was enough to cut death rates by more than a fifth. Those eating three portions a day had the same mortality rates as those having five or more.  And the best gains were associated with eating vegetables raw, rather than cooking them, researchers said. The findings, pub