"The popular tendency to emphasize vegetables and/or fruits in diet holds a lot of commercial appeal...but it's a form of feel-good bikeshedding." As I underst

"The popular tendency to emphasize vegetables and/or fruits in diet holds a lot of commercial appeal...but it's a form of feel-good bikeshedding." As I understand it, there is a good bit of science supporting the healthfulness of fresh fruits and vegetables (but not necessarily the processed fruits you referred to). For example, the Healthy Eating Pyramid recommends a diet based on the latest scientific research and notice how fruits and vegetables are emphasized: http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/what-should-you-eat/pyramid/ http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/what-should-you-... Also the World Cancer Research Fund and the American Institute of Cancer Research published Food, Nutrition and the Prevention of Cancer: a global perspective which found much evidence in favor of fruits and vegetables for the prevention of cancer.