The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
sure there might be a few defense chemicals in some fruit but there are much lower levels than what would be found in vegetables and i think that in this level the benefits of these minerals and other trace nutrients found in these fruits outweigh the potential harms of those smaller amounts of plant defense chemicals
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i think that at this level the benefits of these minerals and other trace nutrients found in these fruits outweigh the potential harms of those smaller amounts of plant defense chemicals