Vegetables

Eat more vegetables and fruits

More people are eating the recommended amount of fruit and vegetables, but they are still only a minority of the population. Eating more fruits and vegetables acts as a booster to our human system.On an average the percentage of men eating fruit and veg// at least five times a day increased from 15 per cent to18 per cent between 1993 and 1998 (the latest period for which the stats are available)....

Cooked vegetables give more iron

Results from a recent study at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society indicated that cooking vegetables for about 10-20 minutes increases the amount of iron that our body can absorb from them.// Tung-Ching Lee, a food scientist at Rutgers University in New Jersey, tested 37 vegetables and found that 25 of them benefited from cooking of some sort, including boiling, steaming, or s...

Vegetables decrease Tobacco Toxins

According to cancer researchers, smokers who eat at least two servings of cruciferous vegetables a week have lower levels of tobacco-related toxins in their urine.// Dr. Gina Day Stephenson of the American Health Foundation,N.Y., felt that the vegetables, which include broccoli, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, and dark greens such as turnip and collard greens, appear to change the way smokers met...

Benefits of Eating Whole Grains, Fruits and Vegetables

Here's another reason to eat healthier. A new study finds whole grains, fruits and vegetables will decrease your risk of heart disease and your overall risk of dying. However, the study also reports these foods do not decrease //your chance of having a stroke. The U.S. Dietary Guidelines for Americans include choosing a variety of fruits and vegetables daily and choosing a variety of gra...

Eating Fruits And Vegetables Found to Fight Endometriosis

Endometriosis develops when the tissues lining the uterus grow outside of the uterus and begin to surround other organs in the abdomen. // The condition can cause bleeding, pain and discomfort. Women who eat more fruits and vegetables are less likely to suffer from the painful condition known as endometriosis, shows a new study. Researchers surveyed 504 women diagnosed with endometriosis...

The Beneficial Effects Of Fruits and Vegetables

Findings of a recent study suggest , eating fruits and vegetables won't reduce ones risk for cancer but could decrease // ones risk for heart disease . For the study researchers studied large-scale reports to determine if associations exist between the foods and cancer and heart disease. Researchers analyzed data from more than 100,000 participants in two studies. They found total fruit...

Lowering cholesterol with vegetables in your diet

Studies suggest that low fat diet lowers the cholesterol level, but low fat diet rich in vegetables is healthier//. Two kinds of low fat diets were compared in the study. The first kind was traditional low fat diet, while the other was low fat diet with increased portions of vegetables, legumes, and whole grains. The two diets had other ingredients of total fat, saturated fat, protei...

Arthiritis: Brightly-coloured fruit and vegetables offer protection

The risk of developing inflammatory disorders like rheumatoid arthritis may be reduced by eating more brightly-coloured fruits and vegetables like oranges, carrots and sweetcorn. // Vitamin C and the pigment beta-cryptoxanthin, both of which are found in brightly-coloured fruit and veg, may act as antioxidants, and protect the body against the oxidative damage and inflammation....

Fruits And Vegetables Have Arthritis Risk Reducing Property

Adding on to the various health benefits of fruits and vegetables is another health benefit. They have the capability of reducing the risk of arthritis.// The beneficial compound in fruits and vegetables is carotenoid. The new study suggested that dietary carotenoids, the orange and yellow pigments responsible for the colon of some fruits and vegetables, can reduce inflammation arou...

Aloe Vera Coating For Fruits And Vegetables Preservation

Gel form of Aloe vera extract is known for its therapeutic effect on burned or irritated skin. Looks like there is more to it than just cosmetology applications. The gel could be taken as a healthful additive to fruits and // vegetables in the future. A new form has been recently developed by researchers that can be used as an edible coating to prolong the quality and safety of fresh...

Rich Diet Of Fruits & Vegetables Helps To Protect Against Lung Cancer

A diet rich in fruits and vegetables helps to provide protection against lung cancer, according to the latest research//. The agents that are believed to be responsible are plant-derived compounds known as phytoestrogens found in soy products, grains, carrots, spinach, broccoli and other fruits and vegetables, the report from the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston...

Fruits and vegetables found to interact with drugs in a dangerous way

Eating fruits and vegetables can pave way for a long and healthy life has been known for years. Recent research has pointed out that fruits and vegetables can cause dangerous interactions when taken along with medicines. Foods can // increase or decrease the activity and toxicity of orally administered drugs. The effect does not hold good for drugs administered intravenously. One of t...

Vegetables And Garlic Confer Protection From Skin Cancer

The annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research has leaned in a big way towards eating up cabbages and smearing skin with broccoli and garlic after several studies presented at the meeting extolled on the virtues of the same.// After being [resented with irrefutable news, experts are now of the view that the best way of prolonging your life may be to change the way...

Vegetables And Fruits Cause More US Food Illnesses

Americans are contacting food-borne illnesses more by contaminated fruits and vegetables than be raw chicken or eggs, consumer advocates say.// Common sources of food illnesses include various bacteria such as salmonella and E.coli which affect humans and animals make their way into manure fertilizers. The practice of using manure fertilizer is more common in Latin America, which is a...

Fruits And Vegetables Contribute To Memory

A diet rich in fruits and vegetables makes one’s memory strong, says a study. A team of researchers led by Heidi Wengreen at Utah State University tested the memory of over// 5,000 seniors up to four times over an eight-year period. At the beginning, the participants also answered questions about their eating habits, the online edition of ABC news reported. The group of senio...

Science backs the importance of vegetables in diet

According to a study by Imperial College, London a high vegetable and low meat diet is wonderful for blood pressure. It makes people less likely to have high blood pressure// The study is based on the logic that proteins from vegetable sources are better for BP than meat proteins. This study is in consonance with other studied that link a vegetarian diet to lowered BP....

Several helping of fruits and vegetables help the pressure off the pump- the heart!

Another study supports the mantra, “Be healthy, be vegetarian!” This is inferred by a new study that backs the efficacy of a diet rich in veggies, whole grains and fruits to promote good health. // This was revealed by a group of researchers of London's Imperial College. Their findings were that that people who eat their fill of plant foods are more likely to maintain better cardiovas...

Give strokes a dodge consume more fruit and vegetables

Fresh fruits and vegetables are now being called the elixir of health. New studies confirm it day after day.A new study suggests that eating more fruit and vegetables could let you live longer//. Increasing the intake to more than five portions a day can reduce the risk of stroke by a 26 per cent. The researchers said the high levels of potassium, folate, fibre and antio...

Colourful vegetables lower asthma risk

Colour is always pleasurable to the eye and so are coloured veggies for the body. // According to a study led by Dr. Isabelle Romieu of the National Institute of Public Health in Cuernavaca, Mexico, it has been found that women consuming plenty of tomatoes, carrots and leafy greens appear less likely to have asthma. This is as per a report in the medical journal Thorax. Stil...

Abundant Asthma Benefits Found In Fruits and Vegetables

Australian researchers have suggested a simple and natural remedy for reducing the intensity of asthma attacks or even putting off an attack, // by just eating more fruits and vegetables. They have enough evidence to show that diets deficient in antioxidants, are capable of accelerating and worsening an attack. A small group of asthma sufferers were subjected to a diet low in antioxida...

Fruits & Vegetables Makes You Look Younger With Fewer Wrinkles

Adding more fruits and vegetables in your diet helps you to have fewer wrinkles thereby making you look younger, according to a new study. // People with a normal diet can make their skin look younger by including lots of tomatoes and red paprika in their meals, German magazine The Dermatologist said in its latest issue. Free radicals - unstable oxygen molecules - are a ma...

Hong Kong Citizens Fear over Poisonous Vegetables in Local Markets

Concerns of citizens over the poisonous vegetables found in local markets has paved for the establishment of a voluntary registration system// for local farms. Additionally, supermarket chains in Hong Kong would be required to set up a comprehensive tracking system for farm produce, according to official sources. An operational pesticide monitoring system has been pointed out by a Hong...

Oven roasted Vegetables Can Cause Dental Erosion

According to a study at Scotland's University of Dundee, eggplants, green capsicum and zucchini become more acidic when roasted in the oven//, while red capsicum becomes heavily acidic when stewed. But the study says that the acidity of onions or tomatoes does not change with the cooking method. Publishing his findings in the current issue of the European Journal of Prosthodontics and...

Nothing Can Equate Fresh Vegetables and Fruits

Wheatgrass shots have recently become popular among people. The main reason is the belief that a shot of wheatgrass juice equates one kilo fresh vegetables. // But according to a popular magazine, the choice, it was found that there is little evidence to support it. A shot of wheatgrass is$3. Choice health policy officer Viola Korczak said that wheatgrass became popular due to an American nutriti...

Skin Cancer Risk Reduced by Taking Green Leafy Vegetables

Eating plenty of green leafy vegetables such as kale, spinach and collard greens could decrease skin cancer risk says a study//. These vegetables are known to contain a variety of vitamins and minerals and other bioactive substances that include lutein, vitamins C and E, flavonoids, folic acid, and fiber, according to the health portal HealthSentinel. Researchers studied ov...

Why Dislike For Vegetables Among Children? – Scientists Repor

UK researchers have found why children have dislike for vegetables and greens. // Family eating habits (particularly of parents) have a major role to play in the children’s taste habits and dislike for some food. UK’s cancer research scientists have studied 103 pairs of identical and 111 pairs of non-identical twins to find whether their taste habits are inherited or not....

Missing Your Daily Vegetables Takes out Years of Your Life

Missing one's recommended daily intake of vegetables and fruits could be worse than abusing alcohol or drugs and unsafe sex on life expectancy.// It has been estimated that the minimum recommended daily intake is two pieces of fruit and five serves of vegetables at least. According to the 2005 Total Victorian Health Report not eating enough fruit and vegetables accounted for...

Sensitive Taste Buds Can Be The Blame for Lil'One Not Eating Vegetables

A new study has concluded that preschool children who are sensitive to bitter flavors are very likely to be among those who do not eat vegetables.// The researchers publishing their study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, have explained that their findings suggest that the naturally sensitive taste buds help explain why some children are so staunchly opposed to vegetables...

Yellow Fruits And Vegetables Help In Fight Against Loss Of Eyesight

Researchers from the US have shown that yellow plant pigments play a role in protecting people from developing// age-related macular degeneration (AMD). The study conducted by the scientists at the University of Wisconsin, which has been published in the Journal of Ophthalmology, states that carrots might not actually help a person in the dark but brightly coloured yellow and green veg...

Yellow and green vegetables for better eyesight

Kids are often told that eating carrots will boost their eyesight, but according to a recent research, yellow and green vegetables like peas// , sweet corn and brocolli have chemicals that may be good for the eyesight. The diets of 1,700 American women of the age group 50 to 79 were studied by researchers at the University of Wisconsin to observe the affect of diet on their chances of de...

Fresh Fruits and Vegetables too can cause allergy!!

According to the experts at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI), a person who gets an itchy mouth, after eating fresh fruits or vegetables//, during this part of the year, is suffering from Oral Allergy Syndrome (OAS). Allergens like ragweed, which begins to bloom in mid-August, cause OAS or pollen-food syndrome. "The pollen released from ragweed is th...

Consumption Of Uncooked Fresh Fruits And Vegetables Can Lead To Oral Allergies

Latest findings in a study reveal that fresh fruits and vegetables might cause oral allergies.// Allergy experts are of the opinion that fresh fruits and vegetables may cause oral allergy syndrome (OAS). The allergy reactions could lead to an itchy mouth, and a swollen throat. It has been suggested that conditions like OAS, or pollen-food syndrome can be caused due to the allergens li...

Low-Carb Dieters Eat More Vegetables

Are people on a low-carb diet replacing starches and sugars with unhealthy high-fat foods? A new survey suggests they may do something radically different. // A recent study of an internet-based support group suggests that the major change in eating patterns for dieters on low-carbohydrate diets has been the addition of large amounts of vegetables and salads to replace carbohydrates r...

Call In Fruits And Vegetables To Avoid Gall Stones

A recent study conducted by researchers at Harvard University has borne 'fruit' proving that including plenty of fruits and vegetables to your diet could actually curb// gall stone formation. The results of the extensive study led by Dr. Chung-Jyi Tsai which spanned over a substantial period of 16 years, from 1984-2000, which scrutinized the dietary patterns and incidence of gall blad...

Eat Your Vegetables! You Are Less Likely to Get Stomach Cancer

As has been repeatedly advised and now reinforced by a study, eating your vegetables is a habit which can only lead to good things. Yet another benefit of eating// vegetables like spinach and lettuce, carrots and salad vegetables, is a reduced risk of developing stomach cancer. The study was conducted by Susanna C. Larsson from the National Institute Of Environmental Medicine of the...

Chemical in Vegetables Keep Blood Vessels Healthy

Nitrates, a chemical found in vegetables like spinach and lettuce, may be responsible for keeping blood vessels healthy, says a new study//. Past studies have shown that a diet rich in fruits and vegetables can reduce blood pressure. But it has been difficult to determine exactly which nutrients in fruits and vegetables are responsible for these blood-pressure-lowering ef...

Chemical in Vegetables Keep Blood Vessels Healthy

Nitrates, a chemical found in vegetables like spinach and lettuce, may be responsible for keeping blood vessels healthy, says a new study.// Past studies have shown that a diet rich in fruits and vegetables can reduce blood pressure. But it has been difficult to determine exactly which nutrients in fruits and vegetables are responsible for these blood-pressure-lowering ef...

Five Servings of Fruits, Vegetables a Day Not Mandatory

It is not necessary to eat five servings of fruits and vegetables every day to keep healthy but just enough for the body to assimilate the necessary vitamins and minerals, a British dietician says. Catherine Collins, chief dietician at St George's Hospital in Tooting, says the fruits and vegetables can be spread out across a week. One can eat a lot one day and not much the next, bu...

Americans Consume Very Little Of Vegetables And Fruits

According to CDC’s weekly report, Americans are consuming very little of vegetables and fruits resulting in the rise of heart diseases, cancer and other ailments//. This was disclosed by Heidi Blanck who studied 300,000 people in the year 2005. Blanck found that 32.6% of the respondents had fruits twice or trice in a day. 27.2% consumed vegetables thrice or more than thrice per day. The...

Eat Fruits, Vegetables to Ward Off Cancer

Eating plenty of fruits and a regular diet rich in vegetables can offer protection from a host of cancers, three new studies suggest. // The studies presented at the annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research in Los Angeles show that the fruits and vegetables that offer health benefits include apples, berries, kale, broccoli, onions, spinach and some cabbages....