Love your kale? Can't get enough squash? Craving carrots? Researchers continue to point to the power of a produce-based diet to help people lower health risks.

A new study out of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom found that vegetarians are one third less likely than meat and fish eaters to go into the hospital or die from heart disease. In this study, the researchers followed 44,561 people who lived in England and Scotland. These study participants initially reported on their diet,...