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Organically Grown Food More Healthier

...o flavonoids - quercetin and kaempferol - in dried tomato samples that had been collected as part of a long-term study on agricultural methods. They found that on average they were 79% and 97% higher respectively in the organic tomatoes than in the conventionally grown fruit.Recent research in Europe fou...

FDA Says Tomatoes Unlikely to Cut Cancer Risk

...to "very limited evidence for associations between tomato consumption and reduced risk of prostate, ovarian,...y be premature to espouse increased consumption of tomato sauce or lycopene for prostate cancer provention, this area of research remains promising," Giovannu...

Lobster Shells Have Great Healing and Antiseptic Properties

...c embryos to design artificial seeds'. In trials, tomato seeds of variety 1-17[140] were coated with chitosan. Under laboratory conditions, treated seeds showed considerably higher growth speed and percentage of successful germination when compared to non-treated seeds. The research results have been pub...

Tomato Fever Replaces Chikungunya in Kerala

...tals with symptoms of a rare fever, locally called tomato fever. Doctors say the fever is an after-effect ...evere joint pain, rashes and nausea. Symptoms of tomato fever have been seen in around 2,800 people so far. The symptoms include tomato like wounds especial...

Scientists Genetically Engineer Tomatoes With Enhanced Folate Content

...ersity of Florida at Gainesville who developed the tomato along with colleague Jesse Gregory. "Now that we've shown it works in tomatoes, we can work on applying it to cereals and crops for less developed countries where folate deficiencies are a very serious problem." Folate is one of the most vital nutr...

Unique Tomatoes Tops In Disease-Fighting Antioxidants

...vascular disease and macular degeneration. “The tomato is a wonderful biosynthetic factory for carotenoid...ds. The researchers made spaghetti sauce from two tomato varieties – tangerine tomatoes, which get their name from their orange skin and are high in cis-lyco...

High Carbohydrate Food Brings on Sleep Faster

...rice and jasmine rice - with steamed vegetables in tomato puree. Jasmine rice has a high glycemic index - a ranking system for carbohydrates based on their effect on blood glucose levels. Plain and long-grain rice have lower glycemic index, reported the online edition of health magazine WebMD. The researc...

How Veggie Pros, Tomato and Broccoli, Con Prostate Cancer

...dy has demonstrated the immense health benefits of tomato and broccoli in the management of prostate cancer....ate cancer cells, a diet comprising of 10 per cent tomato powder and 10 per cent broccoli powder. Another set of rats received either tomato or broccoli powde...

Tomato and Broccoli Combo may Help Fight Prostate Cancer

A novel study has indicated the benefits of tomato and broccoli in the management of prostate cancer....ancer cells, with a diet comprising of 10 per cent tomato powder and 10 per cent broccoli powder. Another set of rats received either tomato or broccoli powde...

Iron rich rice to beat anaemia in children

...s journal. It could be introduced in the form of tomato rice or mixed vegetable rice and is quite palatable, it said. During the August 2004-April 2005 study, the MGFP-fortified rice (fortified at 3 and 5 mg of iron per 100 gram rice) was found to be indistinguishable from both cooked and uncooked natur...

Folate – Rich Diet Keeps Colorectal Cancer At Ba

...reen peas, broccoli, avocado, peanuts, wheat germ, tomato juice, turnip greens, orange, cantaloupe, papaya and banana. Source-Foodconsumer.org/ASH/L...

Simple remedy to prevent DVT: Eat 6 Tomatoes!

...leed.' Mere consumption of tomatoes and drinking tomato juice is also known to have similar effects of pre...lood clots. It was observed that a single drink of tomato juice or juice containing the tomato extract extended benefits for the next 18 hrs or so. Profess...

Tomatoes Have Stroke and Heart Attack Prevention Properties

...ent when 220 volunteers had a drink containing the tomato extract. Lycopene availability is considerably increased due to cooking. Therefore tomato sauce has high levels of Lycopene than tomato juice. The finding of the clinical trials, published...

Reaping the Benefits of Tomato

...tion of bioavailable lycopene. Therefore processed tomato products such as tomato juices, sauces, ketchup and soups contain higher concentrations of lycopene. Scientists from Liver...

Burn Away Calories In Your Garden

...rging, flower buds opening, even the damage of the tomato hornworm, you forget about the day's worries." Gardening is also a great way to ensure that you have access to your own fresh vegetables and fruits, this in turn means you have a good diet. "It gives you direct access to healthy food," Roth said. "W...

Fad Diet for Fat Australians

...ur daily intake of sodium/salt. A toasted cheese, tomato and ham sandwich can provide over half (55%) of your recommended daily sodium/salt intake and a McDonald's Deli Choice Roast Beef and BBQ Sauce Roll provides 61% of your recommended intake. A Subway Chicken Fillet 6-Inch Sub contains about the same ...

Superfoods make super healthy humans??

...he roost these days.// Tesco has marketed a super tomato which has high levels of Lycopene. The catch is t...ed or processed tomatoes in pasta sauce, pizza and tomato juice will provide cardiovascular benefits and may protect against prostate, lung and stomach cancer...

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar Favours Herbal Farming

...s predecessor Rabri Devi used to cultivate potato, tomato and green vegetables// at their official residence, he wants to develop the place as a resource centre for herbal farming. Nitish Kumar comes from a family with ayurveda and herbal background. His father was a leading ayurvedic practitioner in his ...

Colourful vegetables lower asthma risk

...s may protect against adulthood asthma. Carrots, tomato juice and spinach contain nutrients called caroten... had a 20 percent lower risk of the disease, while tomato fans had an 18 percent lower risk. However, the researchers point out, they cannot rule out the po...

Tomato: The Vaccine Plant, Against Bird Flu

...uce vaccine against bird flu in tomatoes. // The tomato bird flu vaccine will be developed for chickens ra...rotect the bird flu virus will be isolated and the tomato plant would be allowed to read it and incorporated in to the plant. There the gene would produce pro...

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