Health regulators yesterday approved the use of ionizing radiation for fresh spinach and lettuce. Never mind insisting that producers and packers produce safe produce, let’s just zap it!
Archive for category Fruits and vegetables
This new report suggests that one’s intentions of a healthy lifestyle have little to no impact on actual food choices. As people change their dietary goals based on prevailing nutritional beliefs, situational factors like hunger and time pressures. Possible solutions are limiting the interval between meals and choosing nutrient-dense snacks, such as fruits and vegetables, and limiting intake of foods prepared away from home can decrease caloric consumption.
87% of 190 recently discharged UK adult hospital patients agreed that “hospital is a good place for patients to receive” health education. But only a third reported receiving health education about smoking, alcohol use, diet, physical activity, and weight. Is hospitals a good arena for health education – maybe not.
This very interesting study looked at the phytochemical called sulforaphane. It seems to help produce enzymes in the body that protect blood vessels by reducing tissue damaging substances triggered by high blood sugar.
Experts from around the world will lead discussions on the cancer risks of pesticides used on agricultural crops, at a conference in Toronto on November 12-13. The conference is organized and hosted by the Canadian Cancer Society.
Providing fruits for snacks and serving vegetables at dinner can shape a preschooler’s eating patterns for his or her lifetime. To combat the increasing problem of childhood obesity, researchers are studying how to get preschoolers to eat more fruits and vegetables. According to researchers at Washington University in St. Louis, one way is early home interventions – teaching parents how to create an environment where children reach for a banana instead of potato chips.
This is based on 38,790 Japanese men aged 45-74 years. The many researchers concluded that to prevent this disease, priority should be placed on smoking and drinking cessation.
490 men were recruited from a health care worker’s union. Knowledge, perceived benefits, stage of readiness, perceived barriers, and daily servings of F&V intake were recorded. 94% percent were unaware that men should consume at least nine servings of fruits and vegetables daily. 94.5% recognized that there are health benefits to eating F&V BUT perceived health benefits were not associated with F&V consumption.
8 telephone counselings over 3 months increased vegetable intake by 67% and fruit intake by 71%. Whole grain servings per day rose from 1.0 serving per day, 6 months 1.4 servings per day (40% increase). This result is based on an uncontrolled pilot trial with 97 California adults.
Table Grapes could be good for cardiovascular health, and cancer particularly skin cancer prevention. Also Alzheimer’s disease and urinary bladder dysfunction are linked to grape consumption.