National Cancer Institute Five-A-Day for a Better Health program and Canada’s Food Guide for Healthy Eating: The consumption of 5 or more daily servings of fruits and vegetables is recommended by the National Cancer Institute’s Five-A-Day for a Better Health program and Canada’s Food Guide for Healthy Eating. Eating a variety of 5 fruits and vegetables per day provides the individual with about 5.2 to 6 mg/day of food based beta-carotene. This allows plasma carotenoid levels to rise above a range represented in studies which were associated with a lower risk of cancer and all-cause mortality compared to those with a lower food based carotenoid levels.
