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The five Campbell brothers, John, 91, Jim, 88, Colin, 85, Sid, 82, and Doug, 78, have gone their entire lives without eating vegetables - hardly one pea has passed onto (or off of) their dinner plates. Their general philosophy, to which they attribute their longevity, is that it doesn't matter what you eat as long as you are active. They say that their parents did not force them to eat the vegetables and they, in turn, did not put that pressure upon their children, at least one of whom is no more interested in eating greens that his father and uncles are.  

Predictably, this has stirred up a bunch of people into proclaiming that vegetables are not a vital part of our diets and are not necessary for good health. This is, by and large, untrue. Vegetables have lots of nutrients that out bodies need. The story of the Campbells is just an example of a handful of people who were lucky enough to go through life without any serious medical conditions.

After all, if something had gone wrong with their health, their veg-less diet would have been blamed.

 

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Sales of long pasta like spaghetti and linguini are down at Tesco, the UK's top grocery chain. The decline in popularity comes from young diners opting for shorter pasta because they can't eat the long strands without getting sauce all over themselves, Tesco says. Not surprisingly, demand for short pasta like penne and has gone up. "Unfortunately some younger British diners appear to lack the same culinary skills that their parents have which is why we've had to tailor our new range accordingly," a Tesco spokesperson told Food Business Review.