Crocodiles and Alligators Snack on Fruit Crocodiles and alligators are infamous carnivores but it turns out they do not live on meat alone scientists have discovered unexpectedly that these predators occasionally snack on fruit as well.
These surprising findings suggest crocodilians which include alligators crocodiles and their close relatives might via seeds they poop out
and found evidence that 13 of those speciesâ devoured fruit of some kind including a variety of berries legumes nuts and grains.
Crocodilians consume fruits and such behavior seems very common contrary to what people have thought for many years said researcher Steven Platt a herpetologist at the Wildlife Conservation Society.
Although at times the reptiles ate the fruit accidentally for instance if the fruit was in the guts of prey they captured the researchers found evidence that the fruit was consumed also deliberately and in large quantities.
For instance scientists have seen crocodilians eating wild grapes elderberries and citrus fruit directly from trees. I had found seeds in crocodiles before but
I had assumed just they were not important and when I talked with other crocodilian biologists everyone had the same experience Platt told Livescience.
Everyone just rejected the notion that crocodilians eat fruit because everyone supposed they only ate meat.
Crocodilians do not chew any fruit would likely get swallowed whole to digest in the strong acids of their guts.
The researchers would now like to feed fruit to crocodilians to see what happens to the seeds Do they regurgitate them out their mouths
The link between nut consumption and longer life held even after the researchers took into account factors that might affect people's life span such as their weight physical activity and fruit and vegetable consumption
The findings were similar for consumption of peanuts as well as tree nuts including walnuts hazelnuts and almonds.
#DC Cherry Blossoms Reach Peak Bloom! The gorgeous pink blooms of the cherry trees that dot the National Mall in Washington D c. have reached finally peak bloom officials announced yesterday (April 9).
when 70 percent of the blooms on the Yoshino Cherry trees (there are many different types of cherry trees) have opened fully according to the website of the National Cherry Blossom Festival.
These birds swallow fruit seeds and spread them through their droppings over many miles making the animals crucial to the forest ecosystem.
and apple and pear juices since they may worsen diarrhea. Soft bland foods are recommended as well including bananas plain rice toast crackers boiled potatoes smooth peanut butter cottage cheese noodles and applesauce.
Because yogurt cheese and miso contain probiotics which contain strains of bacteria similar to those in a healthy intestine they are also good choices.
and gardening activities such as home repairs mowing/cutting the lawn and hedges car maintenance and gathering mushrooms or berries.
Mcdonald's Burger king and others now offer salad fruit and skim milk. The new offerings advertised prominently would make one think that a trip to the local burger joint is suddenly heart-healthy and waistline-friendly.
Mcdonald's has improved the nutritional profile of its Happy Meals by adding apple slices and reducing the portion size of french fries;
The researchers believe that higher levels of fruit and vegetable consumption among more optimistic people may at least partially explain the results.
or fewer servings of fruits and vegetables a day were significantly less optimistic than people who ate three or more servings a day.
or whether people who eat more fruits and vegetables just tend to be said more optimistic the researchers.
Our findings can be explained partially by the fact that more optimistic people tend to engage in healthier behaviors such as eating fruits
The American Heart Association currently recommends that most adults eat 4. 5 cups of fruits and vegetables in a variety of colors daily.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention a diet rich in fruits and vegetables may reduce the risk of cancer
 Eating more fruits and vegetables may help people look on the bright side. This story was provided by Myhealthnewsdaily a sister site to Livescience.
Fruit flies for example will lay their eggs in more alcoholic fruit (produced by natural fermentation) when parasitic wasps are hanging around said Todd Schlenke an Emory researcher who wasn't involved in the review paper.
When parasitic wasps are scarce the flies prefer to lay their eggs in less fermented fruit.
Infected larvae can also preferentially seek out areas of a fruit with more alcohol Schlenke said.
And high-quality fruits a crucial part of dwarf lemur diets are scarce during this time. Beyond finding surprising similarities with other mammals that spend their winters snoozing it's exciting to think about lemur hibernation
#Early Human Ancestors Transformed Diet Around Lucy's Time Early human ancestors made a drastic shift in their diet from eating exclusively fruits
and fruits to foods derived from grasses and succulents. That could include grass seeds and underground roots and even termites or small scavenged animals
and included women who mainly ate fruits salad fish and cereals. The traditional group's diet consisted mainly of vegetables red meat and chicken.
and also come in fruit and candy flavors that aren't allowed in cigarettes the CDC said Just last month the CDC found that more than a third of middle
and if you eat the typical American diet high in saturated fat devoid of fruits vegetables
Eggs Scrambled with Onion Garlic and Sweet cherry Tomatoes Servings: 1 Sautã 1/4 sweet onion and a smashed garlic clove over medium-high heat in 1 teaspoon canola or olive oil until almost soft.
The word calcium is derived from the Latin calx (lime. Discovery: The Romans prepared lime in the first century but did not recognize it as a metal.
That discovery was made in 1808. JÃ ns Jacob Berzelius and Pontin prepared a calcium amalgam by electrolyzing lime in mercury.
When Humphry Davy learned about this he took it a step further and isolated calcium as an impure metal.
Potassium is found in a wide range of foods such as leafy greens tomatoes cucumbers zucchini eggplant pumpkins potatoes carrots beans dairy foods bananas meat poultry fish
And most fast-food restaurants now include some healthful side options such as fruit and vegetables in their kids'meals.
Mcdonald's automatically includes a half-portion of apples in their child meals the report said
and berry bushes and campgrounds littered with tasty trash and crumbs. As humans spend more time in the forest the jay's numbers are booming.
 The team identified eight plant species that the animals eat finding that they seem to prefer fruit particularly from the breadfruit tree.
As fruit lovers they are considered frugivores. They do have intimidating caninelike teeth in the front of their mouths that look sharp enough to rip up meat
but these teeth are used actually just to carry fruit from one tree to another Wiles said.
However most symptoms are caused by intolerances to foods such as wheat and other grains the sugar in fruits and honey dairy products and corn products.
Fructose is a sugar that's found in fruits honey and some syrups. It's also a basic component in table sugar (sucrose)
In addition to fruits honey syrups and table sugar watch out for high-fructose corn syrup powdered sugars regular sodas flavored waters sports drinks and sweetened milks.
The disease made its way through fresh produce of raspberries lettuce basil and snow peas which were imported mostly from countries where the disease is endemic.
and fruits should keep the disease in check. All viewpoints expressed in the article are those of Kausik
The team found the nocturnal carnivores on the western slopes of the Andes prowling the cloud forests for figs nectar and insects.
Common heartburn triggers include alcohol caffeine chocolate citrus fruits spicy foods full-fat dairy products and mint according to the NIH.
In addition to counting calories the U s. Department of agriculture recommends cooking whole grains varying vegetables focusing on fruit
decked out with yams apples and shaved carrots. The giant panda cub whose name means little gift was born on July 29 2102 the sixth offspring for mother Bai Yun.
We should instead fill our fields with an array of fruits and vegetables! The USDA's U s. Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommends every American eat at least five cups of fruits
and/or vegetables daily to prevent heart disease and cancer and to foster maximum health and ideal body weight.
Apparently there is not enough farmland dedicated to fruits and vegetables because U s. farmland is filled instead with soybeans and corn much of it genetically modified catering to the food industry instead of to the health of Americans.
Fruits & Veggies? 10 New Ways to Eat Well Yes genetically modifying soybeans and corn will allow the country to grow more at a lower cost.
Humans have been eating naturally sweet foods such as breast milk and fruit for millions of years.
For the same calories in a candy bar you could eat four apples or maybe you couldn't before getting full and that's the point!
So before you rush into a gluten-free diet why not try something simple say an apple...
On the other hand the good carbs including whole grains beans fruits and vegetables keep you healthy by providing you with vitamins minerals fiber and many other nutrients.
whole grains beans fruit and vegetables. The University of Sydney in Australia maintains an updated searchable database at www. glycemicindex. com that now has almost 1600 entries.
Instead have brown rice bulgur wheat berries whole wheat pasta or another whole grain with your dinner. 4. Choose whole fruit instead of juice.
An orange has twice as much fiber and half as much sugar as a 12-ounce glass of orange juice. 5. Bring on the beans.
Beans are an excellent source of slowly digested carbohydrates as well as a great source of protein.
Cranberries and pumpkins which are northern crops likewise highlight this holiday's Yankee roots. In fact Thanksgiving was associated initially so with the North that Southerners embittered by the Civil war took some time to warm to the proceedings Smith said.
In May a woman in Altadena Calif. a suburb of Los angeles near Pasadena entered her kitchen to find a bear already there munching on peaches she had left on the counter.
and fruits acting act as pollinators and seed dispersers especially in deserts and rain forests. Bats pollinate wild bananas the famous saguaro cactus and durian the world's most expensive fruit.
Without bats rain forests would recover more slowly from disturbances. There also would be no tequila the agave plant from which tequila is made depends on the Mexican long-tongued bat to pollinate it.
Others target military spending or federal boosts to individual industries such as winemakers or fruit-growers.
Amid all the commercialism haunted houses and bogus warnings about razors in apples the origins of Halloween are overlooked often.
Apples are associated with Halloween both as a treat and in the game of bobbing for apples.
Bobbing for apples was used for fortunetelling. It was believed that the first person to pluck an apple from the water-filled bucket without using their hands would be the first to marry.
Apples were also part of another form of marriage prophecy. On Halloween (sometimes at the stroke of midnight) young women would peel an apple into one continuous strip and throw it over her shoulder.
The apple skin would supposedly land in the shape of the first letter of her future husband's name.
Another Halloween ritual involved looking in a mirror at midnight by candlelight for a future husband's face was said to appear (a scary variation of this later became the Bloody mary ritual familiar to many schoolgirls.
Like many such childhood games it was done likely in fun though at least some people took it seriously.
Related: Why Do We Carve Pumpkins at Halloween? Some evangelical Christians have expressed concern that Halloween is somehow Satanic because of its roots in pagan ritual.
Thanksgiving is based on a national myth said food writer Cynthia Bertelsen who blogs at Gherkins & Tomatoes.
which were filled with chopped meat dried fruit and spices Oliver told Livescience. At the time mincemeat was associated strongly with Christmas a holiday spurned by Protestants as too Catholic.
Cranberries and pumpkins are both Northeastern crops that are ready in the fall making their inclusion in a fall harvest feast a no-brainer.
In 1912 the Cape cod Cranberry Company started selling canned cranberry sauce under the now-familiar Ocean Spray name Bertelsen said.
Cranberries had long been associated with the holiday but now there was a convenient food that made serving them as easy as wielding a can opener.
Ancient farms like those in the region today likely cultivated vineyards olives wheat and barley he said.
Fungicides are used to control things like fungus on apples and weren't expected to have an impact on healthy bees.
The 9 Weirdest Animal Penises The most primitive group of birds paleognaths which include emus kiwis
The first cherry blossom festival there took place in 1935 but in 1941 four cherry trees were cut down shortly after the Japanese invaded Pearl harbor.
#How Cranberries Stop Bacteria in Their Tracks An old wives'tale might be held up by modern science:
whether the fruit is truly effective in treating UTIS. The largest analysis to date a review of 24 studies including more than 4400 patients published in 2012 in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews suggests that any positive effect is minimal at best.
The limited evidence in studies regarding the effectiveness of cranberries however might be the way the fruit is used as a drink or as an extract in pill form according to Mcgill University scientists.
In their research led by Nathalie Tufenkji a professor of chemical engineering they added cranberry derivatives directly to laboratory dishes growing two bacteria mostly commonly associated with UTIS Escherichia coli and Proteus mirabilis.
The cranberry didn't kill these bacteria but it did limit their ability to swim and thus spread.
but then suddenly grow elongated flagella whiplike appendages to propel them to a new region to inhabit. 6 Superbugs to Watch out For Tufenkji's group found that cranberry powder in a petri dish limited the growth of flagella
Moreover increased cranberry concentrations reduced the bacterium's production of an enzyme called urease which contributes to the virulence or severity of infection.
or infused with cranberry might prevent infection. Indeed a second paper by Tufenkji's group posted online in advance of publication in the journal Colloids
We showed that we can embed cranberry derivatives into silicone which is used a commonly material to make catheters Tufenkji told Livescience.
Once the cranberry is in the silicone we found that it is still bioactive; namely it still prevents bacteria from swimming
Tufenkji's earlier work found that chemicals in cranberries called proanthocyanidins (PACS) similarly hindered the gene in E coli responsible for growing flagellar filament.
Our work to date suggests that the bacteria cannot develop'resistance'to cranberry. What happens in the body
when one consumes cranberries remains a mystery. Scientists at the University of Rennes in Rennes France found that compounds in cranberries could block up to 80 percent of E coli from attaching to the cells lining the urethra in a laboratory setting.
This study appeared in 2012 in the Journal of Medicinal Food. Tufenkji stressed that her study doesn't validate that consumption of cranberries could treat UTIS.
Antibiotics remain for now the UTI treatment of choice among most medical doctors. Christopher Wanjek is the author of a new novel Hey Einstein!
or requiring a specific number of fruits or vegetables; reducing or eliminating products that contain trans fats;
Mix nonfat Greek yogurt with granola and berries. The big splurge here is the fresh fruit so during the off-season consider buying frozen and blending it into a puree.
Each serving of Greek yogurt may set you back $1 but it has a ton of protein to fuel those nutrition-loving minds.
canned pineapple (drained) black olives mushrooms baby spinach garlic and leftover chicken (but not necessarily on the same pizza.
High fruit and vegetable consumption has been linked to decreased risk of developing diseases including certain cancers heart disease obesity and diabetes.
The World health organization (WHO) recommends people consume at least 400 grams (nearly 1 lb.)of fruits and vegetables every day.
The U s. government recommends people eat nine servings of fruits and vegetables daily. Previous studies have shown that eating vegetables often
Leaves and fruits provide food fodder for livestock and organic matter to fortify the soil. More livestock means more manure which further enriches the soil enabling crops to be grown
They apparently formed in two phases an older layer made up primarily of the shells of freshwater apple snails as well as the bones of deer fish reptiles
#Incurable Disease Threatens US Citrus Crop Florida's $9 billion orange crop the largest in the world after Brazil's may not survive an incurable disease that threatens to wipe out citrus groves throughout the United states. The disease known as citrus greening
and fall while the tree's fruit fails to mature falling to the ground prematurely before the tree slowly dies.
(which also affects grapefruit lemons and other citrus crops) despite the best efforts of numerous research labs. The Candidatus bacteria is
so devastating to citrus crops that it was classified as a bioterror weapon in 2003 The New yorker reports.
Between 1985 and 2003 officials intercepted 170 cases of Asian citrus psyllids entering U s. ports on plant material according to a report from the University of California Davis Division of Agriculture and Natural resources.
An industry under assault Citrus greening isn't the only problem threatening the state's citrus industry
Hurricanes canker disease (another bacterial infection of citrus fruits) hard freezes and the vagaries of the international orange market
Chutneys thick condiments and spreads made from assorted fruits and vegetables such as tamarind and tomatoes and mint cilantro and other herbs are used generously in Indian cooking.
 Many Hindus are vegetarians but lamb and chicken are common in main dishes for non-vegetarians.
Drosophila flies that hover around rotting fruit the conquering fruit flies invading California devour growing fruit and cause major economic damage.
Quarantining fly-infested fruit at the state borders won't stop established populations from breeding and if the populations are already here then completely eliminating the flies isn't possible Carey said.
Potassium found in foods such as sweet potatoes bananas and orange juice may increase a woman's chances of developing PMS by boosting levels of a hormone linked to water retention.
While DNA is an acid it s a very weak one more like vinegar or the citric acid in lemons than a dangerous acid like sulphuric acid.
They could also identify a lettuce or a strawberry from a leaf or from the fruit.
If you ate a fish with a gene from a strawberry or a strawberry with a gene from a fish to
me it is no different from eating fish for the main course and strawberries for dessert.
You can extract DNA from fresh strawberries. I wouldn t eat the DNA alone though.
But when mixed with the other components of strawberries it is undetectable and harmless and strawberries taste great as they are.
Merlin Crossley works for the University of New south wales. He receives funding from the Australian Research Council and the National Health and Medical Research Council.
Malik is referring to the polyphenols in olive oil nutrients also found in wine tea cocoa
and many fruits and vegetables that have been discovered over the past decade to be the substances responsible for the bulk of olive oil's health benefits without
That's because olives were growing on trees in people's backyards; it was plentiful and cheap.
Olives are harvested once annually usually in the fall/winter depending on the region. Look for a harvest date within the past year.
which the olives were harvested and the oil processed or somewhere that I know sells California or Texas olive oil.
Eat more fruits and vegetables. That's right. If an apple a day keeps the doctor away just think of what would happen
if Americans ate as many as nine to 13 servings 4. 5 to 6. 5 cups of fruits and vegetables.
The average American today only eats four to five servings a day. Joe and Jane Average should be eating nine based on a 2000 calorie-a-day intake according to federal dietary guidelines.
If Americans ate just one more serving a day one banana or a large carrot we would save $5 billion annually in health care expenditures
and Robert Pritikin recommend eating more fruits and veggies. So what's stopping us besides the fact that junk food is addictive?
At the same time farm policies offer few incentives for farmers to grow fruits and vegetables discouraging production of the very staples federal dietary guidelines recommend.
and soy oils the building blocks of junk food according to an annual report published by CALPIRG Apples to Twinkies 2013:
Apples are the only fruit or vegetable that benefits from a significant federal subsidy the report found
but the $689 million apple growers received during the last 18 years is compared peanuts with commodity crop support.
In comparison apple subsidies during the same time period would cover the cost of only nine apples per person about half an apple a year.
First it's obvious that the United states needs to boost fruit and vegetable production. The sad fact is
if every American today decided to follow the federal dietary guidelines the nation wouldn't have enough fruits
Research funding for fruit and vegetable crops pales in comparison with what corn soy and other commodity crops get.
Likewise current U s. farm policy prohibits commodity farmers who receive subsidies to plant fruits and vegetables which makes no sense.
And unlike commodity farmers many fruit and vegetable growers especially those who grow a variety of crops can't get adequate crop insurance another major disincentive.
not only make fruits and vegetables more available but also provide a market for regional fruit and vegetable farmers.
We need smarter policies that invest in farmers markets farm-to-school programs and other programs that would make fresh produce more available and affordable for low-income families O'hara says.
We need to start thinking about eating fruits and vegetables as an investment in public health.
Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) introduced identical bills in Congress that would expand consumer access to fruits vegetables
This article was adapted from Eat Your Fruits and Veggies Protect Your Heart and Save Billions of Dollars in Health care Costs
A recent analysis of the funny fruit exposed its genetic secrets. Approximately 27 million years ago and then again at 80 million years ago the kiwifruits entire DNA sequence duplicated.
Each time this happened the fruit ended up with two identical copies of the same genes.
Amazing Stories of Summer Fruits oethe duplication contributed to adding additional members of gene families that are involved in regulating important kiwifruit characteristics such as fruit Vitamin c flavonoid
Fei and his fellow geneticists analyzed the kiwi s entire DNA sequence or genome. They published their results in Nature Communications.
Can Fruit Kick Candy to the Curb? Among the 39040 genes found in the kiwifruit many were similar to distantly related species including potatoes and tomatoes from the order Solanes a biological classification one step up from oefamily.
Tea bushes blueberries Brazil nuts azaleas and persimmons are all members of the plant order Ericales along with kiwifruit.
Lake ontario s climate is conducive to fruit tress and the area has become a major growing area for apples cherries peaches pears and plums.
Due to its location Lake ontario is host to a number of migratory birds. Swans loons ducks geese grebes and other water fowl are among the wildlife that inhabit Lake ontario.
which means Mountain of the Lychees. The cityscape came into clear view along with a vast expanse of ancient urban spaces that made up Greater Angkor the large area where one of the largest religious monuments ever constructed Angkor Wat meaning temple city was built between A d. 1113
and solved his first algebra problem at age seven stacking oranges into a triangular pyramid
if he had n oranges on one side. I still remember the answer he says.
and off the ice is an important aspect of monitoring the risks to the population associated with climate change study leader Seth Cherry a graduate student in ecology at the University of Alberta Canada told Livescience in an email.
or both likely affect the overall health of polar bears in the area Cherry said. 10 Odd Facts About Arctic Sea Ice Cherry
and leaving later in the autumn Cherry said. These are precisely the kind of changes one would expect to see as a result of a warming climate.
Pregnant females are particularly vulnerable Cherry said because when the other bears resume hunting in late November
For example chocolate coyote tomato and avocado all originated in Nahuatl. Religions of Mexico Close to 90 percent of Mexicans identify themselves as Catholic
They trained captive monkeys to hand them an object in exchange for a cucumber slice or the preferable grape.
If a capuchin saw another monkey receive a grape while it was given a cucumber it would refuse the reward or even throw the cucumber at the researcher.
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