Eating more raw vegetables every day, especially yellow and dark green ones, may help cut the risk of pancreatic cancer in half, according to researchers.

Researchers at the University of California in San Francisco found eating five or more servings of yams, corn, carrots, onions or other similar vegetables is linked with lower risk of the disease – one of the most deadly and hard-to-treat cancers.

Dark green leafy vegetables, such as spinach and kale, and cruciferous ones like broccoli also worked well, they said.

Elizabeth Holly, the study’s senior author and a professor of epidemiology and biostatistics at the school, said the research confirmed the importance of healthy eating habits.  Read more: http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200509/s1461538.htm

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