As we gain more understanding of the link diet and the many diseases that plagues the human race expands so does our understanding on what best to eat and what to avoid. Vegetables have long been linked to a healthy lifestyle and as scientists are finding, women who have high fiber intake and eat vegetables regularly are at less risk of developing breast cancer. Not only that, it is also proving to be a successful cure to many diseases, many of which have halted progression after people who had high protein intake shifted to a healthier lifestyle. All age brackets benefit from vegetables which raises the importance of a balanced diet, allowing proper metabolism and expulsion of toxins in ther body. Some foods that contain free-radical inhibiting compounds prevents cells from dying prematurely allowing then to last longer thus healthier.