One serving of whole wheat pasta plus two servings of fruits or vegetables provides about 7 grams of fiber researchers said.
Greater intake of fiber-rich foods--such as whole-grains fruits vegetables and nuts--are important for everyone
Six to eight servings of grains and eight to 10 servings of fruits and vegetables can provide the recommended amount.
#Diverse bacteria on fresh fruits, vegetables vary with produce type, farming practicesfresh fruit and vegetables carry an abundance of bacteria on their surfaces not all of
which cause disease. In the first study to assess the variety of these non-pathogenic bacteria scientists report that these surface bacteria vary depending on the type of produce and cultivation practices.
The study focused on eleven produce types that are consumed often raw and found that certain species like spinach tomatoes
and beans we use to make teas and coffees and their impact needs to be assessed.
and soy sauces and black bean sauces showed minimal p53 effects in Kern's tests as did soybean paste kim chee wasabi powder hickory smoke powders and smoked paprika.
The children of parents with low and medium levels of education eat fewer vegetables and fruit and more processed products and sweet drinks.
and fats more often than those parents with a higher level of education who feed their children more products of a higher nutritional quality including vegetables fruit pasta rice and wholemeal bread.
The greatest differences among families with different levels of education are observed in the consumption of fruit vegetables
Their diet should include cereals fruit vegetables dairy products lean meats fish poultry eggs and nuts.
The flies were fed extracts made from organic and conventional potatoes soybeans raisins and bananas. They were fed not any additional nutritional supplements.
Information on usual dietary intake of soy food (soy milk tofu fresh and dry soybeans soy sprouts and other soy products) was collected in-person at study enrollment
In this analysis patients were divided into three groups according to soy food intake prior to lung cancer diagnosis. The highest and lowest intake levels were equivalent to approximately 4 oz or more and 2 oz or less tofu
at twelve months after diagnosis. The risk of death decreased with increasing soy intake until the intake reached a level equivalent to about 4 oz of tofu per day.
and harvesting wild fruits and vegetables. Some of these they consume but others they sell
Although corn can be cropped continuously it is accepted widely that there is a yield reduction compared to corn rotated with soybean (CS.
The 2012 growing season marked the third consecutive year of unusually high CCYP values in the U s. Midwest often with corn yields that were 30 to 50 bushels per acre less than corn following soybean.
Typical households of lower socioeconomic status spend grocery money first on these items allocating far less to vegetables and fruits.
brown rice and fruits and vegetables. The participants were followed then for six months after the cooking program ended.
At the same time there was an increase in the total number of different vegetables and fruits consumed per month.
#Strong anticancer properties discovered in soybeansproteins found in soybeans could inhibit the growth of colon liver and lung cancers.
Soybean meal is a bi-product following oil extraction from soybean seeds. It is rich in protein
The study looked at the role soybeans could have in the prevention of cancer. Using a variety of soybean lines
which were high in oleic acid and protein the researchers looked to monitor bioactivity between the peptides derived from the meals of soybean and various types of human cancer cells.
The study showed that peptides derived from soybean meal significantly inhibited cell growth by 73%for colon cancer 70%for liver cancer
This shows that the selected high oleic acid soybean lines could have a potential nutraceutical affect in helping to reduce the growth of several types of cancer cells.
#Tomatoes that mimic actions of good cholesterol createducla researchers have engineered genetically tomatoes to produce a peptide that mimics the actions of good cholesterol when consumed.
and featured on the cover their early study found that mice that were fed these tomatoes in freeze-dried ground form had less inflammation
After the tomatoes were eaten the peptide surprisingly was found to be active in the small intestine but not in the blood suggesting that targeting the small intestine may be a new strategy to prevent diet-induced atherosclerosis the plaque-based disease of the arteries that can lead to heart attacks and strokes.
Specifically for the study the team genetically engineered tomatoes to produce 6f a small peptide that mimics the action of apoa-1 the chief protein in high density-lipoprotein lipoprotein (HDL or good cholesterol.
Scientists fed the tomatoes to mice that lacked the ability to remove low-density lipoprotein (LDL or bad cholesterol) from their blood and readily developed inflammation and atherosclerosis when consuming a high-fat diet.
The researchers found that mice that ate the peptide-enhanced tomatoes which accounted for 2. 2 percent of their Western-style high-fat diet had significantly lower levels of inflammation;
and was degraded then to natural amino acids before being absorbed into the blood as is the case with the other peptides and proteins in the tomato.
It seems likely that the mechanism of action of the peptide-enhanced tomatoes involves altering lipid metabolism in the intestine
The team chose a fruit--the tomato--that could be eaten without requiring cooking that might break down the peptide.
#Chemical trickery explored to help contain potato pestthe pale cyst nematode Globodera pallida is one bad roundworm.
Unchecked the pest burrows into potato roots to feed obstructing nutrients and causing stunted growth wilted leaves and other symptoms that can eventually kill the plant.
According to lead scientist Roy Navarre with USDA's Agricultural research service (ARS) the egg-hatching factors are exuded actually chemicals from the roots of potato and certain other solanaceous plants into surrounding soil.
when no potato plants are present leaving juveniles without food or a host on which to reproduce.
However the eggs are encased in cysts that can resist fumigation according to Navarre who works at the ARS Vegetable and Forage Crops Research Laboratory in Prosser Wash.
which is produced biofuel from inedible material such as wood chips wheat straw or other agricultural residue.
and certain other mushrooms tend to be something we associate with moldy bread or dank-smelling mildew.
Union College Biology Professor Steve Horton likens this mostly underground portion of fungi (the mushrooms that pop up are the reproductive structures) to a tiny biological chain of tubular cells.
Farmers use various water sources in the production of fresh fruits and vegetables including well water and different types of surface water such as river water or lake water--sources
which is eaten often with a vegetable-based relish. Story Source: The above story is provided based on materials by University of Nottingham.
#Mandating fruits and vegetables in school meals makes a difference, study findsstate laws that require minimum levels of fruits
and vegetables in school meals may give a small boost to the amount of these foods in adolescents'diets according to a study published in the American Journal of Preventive medicine.
This effect was strongest in students who had no access to fruits and vegetables at home.
and vegetables were California and Mississippi said Daniel Taber Ph d. MPH research scientist with the Institute for Health Research
and vegetables at home typically ate unhealthy snacks and who got a school lunch four to five days a week reported an average of 0. 45 cups more fruit
and 0. 61 cups more vegetables than did lived those who in states with no fruit or vegetable requirements in school lunches.
Intake was highest in adolescents with access to fruits and vegetables at home. School nutrition standards have been targeted by policymakers as a way to reduce obesity
and disparities in diet and to get teenagers into the habit of eating fruits and vegetables.
but the data does not reflect the new school meal regulations from the U s. Department of agriculture than went into effect in July 2012 said Deborah Beauvais RD district supervisor of school nutrition for the Gates Chili and East
and vegetables regularly in schools helps them want to eat them elsewhere Beauvais observed. School cafeterias are becoming recognizable as educational centers.
#Pumpkins and cucumbers: New checklist brings information about cucurbitaceae up to datein 2010 it was shown that melons
and cucumbers can be traced back to India. Because of the importance of the region for an understanding of Cucurbitaceae evolution and diversity a new checklist of the Cucurbitaceae of India was produced to update the information on that family.
Vegetables are essential components of a healthy daily diet not just in India but around the globe.
and pulses however vegetables are investigated under taxonomically and information on their genome is scarce. The cucumber Family cucurbitaceae includes many of our favorite foods:
pumpkins melon cucumber watermelon bottle gourds and bitter gourd. Molecular data have revealed recently that both cucumber (Cucumis sativus L)
. and melon (Cucumis melo L.)are indigenous to India and likely to have originated from the foothills of The himalayas.
Arun Pandey from the Department of Botany University of Delhi India and Susanne Renner from the Departments of Systematic Botany and Mycology University of Munich Germany decided to produce a checklist of the Cucurbitaceae of India that would bring up-to date the information
It may also provide vital genetic information to improve the current varieties of pumpkins cucumbers and their relatives.
An example of this is former England international soccer player Gary Lineker now principally a TV sports presenter who has been endorsing Walker's Crisps since 1995.
The adverts were for Walkers crisps (featuring Gary Lineker as a celebrity endorser) a different snack food or a toy product.
The children were offered two bowls of crisps to eat one labelled`Walkers'and one labelled`Supermarket'although both bowls actually contained Walkers crisps.
The amount of crisps consumed from each bowl by each child was measured then. The study found that
or the general TV footage of Gary Lineker the children ate considerably more of the Walkers crisps than the children who watched the other snack food advert or the toy advert.
and lemonsa computer recognition system that is 99%accurate can identify different fruits and vegetables even the particular strain of apples or plums for instance.
and packing different fruits and vegetables. However it could also be used to speed up supermarket customer checkout where similar
and vegetables so that the image analysis software can assign common features to a database. The process involves photographing an image of the different fruits removing the background
and vegetables including various types of apple onions potatoes oranges limes kiwi fruit and different melons.
and you just might like it is a motto many schools are embracing to encourage children to eat more fruits and vegetables.
#Discovery of genetic mechanism allowing potato cultivation in northern latitudesan international team of scientists headed by Wageningen University part of Wageningen UR has discovered a genetic mechanism
which allows potato plants to develop tubers during the long days of spring and summer in northern latitudes.
Naturally occurring near the Equator Andean potatoes develop tubers on days which are relatively shorter than those in high latitude summer.
Newly discovered mutations in a single potato gene are likely to have contributed to the widespread success of the potato
Although the potato was domesticated probably as long as 10000 years ago the distribution of this crop plant was restricted initially to farming communities in
what are today Chile Bolivia and Peru. Only after the Spanish conquest was imported the potato to Europe.
Since the European growing season of spring and summer is characterised by long days and short nights native South american potato varieties would only begin making tubers in autumn when the days last 12 hours or less.
However modern potato varieties show a wide variation in the timing of tuber formation with early varieties starting as early as April.
The mutations in the newly discovered regulator of tuber formation allow potatoes to escape the original short day regulation mechanism suited to the Andes
so that potatoes can grow and be cultivated in Northern europe and other northern latitudes throughout the world.
The team of scientists headed by Wageningen UR Plant Breeding has published its findings on the gene allowing potato to grow
and flourish far from its Andean origins in the international scientific journal Nature. The authors also describe a variety of mutations in the tuber formation regulator gene which occur in different combinations in modern potato cultivars giving rise to early medium
and late varieties depending on the combination of the gene variants present in the tetraploid crop.
Knowledge of the genes underlying the mechanism of early development will allow plant breeders to tailor new potato varieties to various geographic locations.
and Gell show that engineered mutations in the police gene named Aubergine (others on the force in the experiments are called Piwi Squash
and Zucchini) amplify SD chromosomes'success in eliminating Responder-laden sperm compared to that of SD chromosomes without Aubergine's help.
We used homologous recombination to knock in a mutation specifically on the SD chromosome to compromise Aubergine
and Modifier of SD act by interfering with Aubergine or its buddies on the force but Reenan said that is among the next things his group will look into.
In the papilionoid legumes--a large diverse group that includes the common pea and bean--most species have specialized highly butterfly-shaped flowers with bilateral symmetry fused stamens
and strongly differentiated standard wing and keel petals. Papilionoid genera with radially symmetric or weakly differentiated flower parts have been regarded as primitive members of the group.
Lead author Domingos Cardoso (Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana in Bahia Brazil) was intrigued by the floral diversity of papilionoid legumes.
Growing up in the Caatinga region--a unique dry woodland biome in northeastern Brazil with many endemic legume species--Cardoso was fascinated by the beautiful mass flowering of leafless Luetzelburgia trees during the dry season.
these legume genera extend over much of South america with specimens from very different biomes often identified as the same species in herbaria.
and seed crops that make diets interesting such as tomatoes coffee and watermelon is limited because their flowers are pollinated not adequately says Harder.
This can be achieved by planting legumes as part of a diversified crop rotation strategy explains Professor Gerold Rahmann at the Thã nen Institute.
The second most common grain in humans came from sweet potatoes. Coprolites also showed that fish mostly anchovies did provide the primary protein in the diet but not the calories.
which is the same family of potato tomato and aubergine. Its fruits are fleshy oval
or vegetable with their purchased lunch. However children cannot be forced to eat these healthier lunches.
and attractiveness of fruits and vegetables (e g. fresh fruit next to the cash register in nice bowls or tiered stands)
and vegetables seem standard through verbal cues from cafeteria staff (e g. Would you like to try an apple?.
and 23%more likely to take vegetables. Actual fruit consumption increased by 18%and vegetable consumption increased by 25%;
%students were also more likely to eat the whole serving of fruit or vegetables (16%and 10%respectively.
#Organic tomatoes accumulate more Vitamin c, sugars than conventionally grown fruittomatoes grown on organic farms accumulate higher concentrations of sugars Vitamin c
In their study the researchers compared the weights and biochemical properties of tomatoes from organic and conventional farms.
They found that tomatoes grown on organic farms were approximately 40%smaller than those grown by conventional techniques
They suggest that this increased stress may be the reason organic tomatoes had higher levels sugars Vitamin c and pigment molecules like lycopene an antioxidant compound--all of
and vegetables should aim to balance plant stress with efforts to maximize yield and fruit size rather than trying to eliminate stress to increase yields.
Resistant starch is found in peas beans and other legumes green bananas and also in cooked
and cooled starchy products like sushi rice and pasta salad. You have to consume it at room temperate
Along came Jacob Bean now an assistant professor in astronomy & astrophysics at the University of Chicago who used a new method called multi-object spectroscopy to analyze the planet s atmosphere from large ground-based telescopes.
Aided by technology Bean and his colleagues are surmounting the challenge of inferring the atmospheric composition of planets that were invisible to humans just a few years ago.#
or something fundamentally different from what we ve seen in our solar system#an atmosphere predominantly composed of water#Bean said.
Pursuing the exoplanet search via complementary methods are Bean and Daniel Fabrycky another assistant professor in astronomy & astrophysics.
Bean has received a 60-orbit allocation on the Hubble Space Telescope to continue his observations on GJ 1214b a sign of the work s importance.
Bean will use a technique called transmission spectroscopy to measure the chemical composition of the planet s atmosphere with unprecedented precision.
#oeit s interesting to note that all the instruments astronomers have used to study exoplanet atmospheres so far were designed never for that#Bean said.#
#But now Bean aims to build a system that is perfectly suited and well optimized to study exoplanet atmospheres including that of GJ 1214b.#
but it s not a definitive result yet#Bean said.##oethere could be even more exotic scenarios possible that we re not able to rule out.#
Bean and his colleagues have made the best observations of planetary atmospheres so far using the Hubble Telescope the Spitzer Space Telescope and in Chile the Very Large Telescope array and the twin Magellan Telescopes.
and several different plants including crops such as rice tomato squash and beets and showed that the viruses increased the plants'ability to tolerate drought.
Virus infection also provided cold tolerance in some cases. A leafy plant related to a common weed known as lamb's quarter was infected also with a virus that caused a local infection.
The wild plants she studied included Fabaceae an abundant family of plants related to beans. However commercial crops--melons oranges pineapple and aloe--that were growing near the site were not as healthy.
#Next generation soybean breeding: The potential of spectral analysisused in everything from baked goods to trendy edamame and livestock feed to cooking oil the huge array of uses for soybeans has scientists looking for the most efficient ways to grow them.
That interest inspired the Kansas State university soybean breeding program to team up with the spectral analysis lab of Kevin Price K-State professor of agronomy to explore ways to increase the efficiency of the soybean breeding line
selection process. The most time-consuming land-intensive and expensive aspect of our breeding program at K-State is in harvesting the many thousands of early generation lines weighing the seed
and determining yield said Bill Schapaugh K-State soybean breeder. If we can find a way to separate out 50 percent
The work is conducted with financial support from the Kansas Soybean Commission. We decided to work with Dr. Price's spectral analysis team to try using this new technology in our soybean breeding nursery Schapaugh said.
The goal was to find out how effective this technology might be in predicting yields stress tolerance
and vegetable crops like broccoli Brussels sprouts and cabbage. Farmers usually battle these pests with traditional insects with little use of SIT despite its many advantages.
which attacks broccoli cabbage and other cruciferous vegetable crops. The approach could be used on other pests as well they state.
Some scientists believe masting events evolved to produce a big surplus of nut-carrying cones--far too many for wildlife species to consume in a season--making it more likely the nuts eventually will sprout into pinyon pine seedlings she said.
Dark chocolate 70 percent or higher cocoa content--Truffles souffl s and even hot chocolate can be a good source of resveratrol
Black or kidney beans--Good source of niacin folate magnesium omega-3 fatty acids calcium soluble fiber. Walnuts and almonds--Both walnuts and almonds contain omega-3 fatty acids Vitamin e magnesium fiber and heart-favorable mono-and polyunsaturated fats.
Fields were maintained with three different management practices (conventional integrated and compost) and two different crop rotations (continuous corn with no cover crops and corn-soybean-wheat with cover crops.
#Fruits and vegetables may help protect the kidneysadding fruits and vegetables to the diet may help protect the kidneys of patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) with too much acid build up according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (CJASN).
Western diets that are based in animal and grain products are highly acidic and can lead to metabolic acidosis when too much acid builds up in the body.
but simply adding more fruits and vegetables --which contain alkali--to the diet might also help.
Nimrit Goraya MD Donald Wesson MD (Texas A&m College of Medicine) and their colleagues tested this by randomizing 71 patients with hypertensive stage 4 CKD to receive added fruits and vegetables
PTCO2 was higher in patients receiving bicarbonate than in those receiving added fruits and vegetables.#¢
#¢Although fruits and vegetables are rich in potassium and might raise blood potassium to dangerous levels levels did not increase in either group.
and vegetables patients had a favorable response by reduction of urinary kidney injury markers said Dr. Wesson.
and vegetables and might therefore be more adherent to a supplement he wrote. He added that a large multicenter randomized controlled trial examining the impact of supplemental bicarbonate with
Other food sources include beans nuts some shellfish whole grains fortified cereals and dairy products. The nutrient is also available in supplement form.
and deciphered how it succeeded in crippling the potato plant's immune system. The Genus phytophthora contains many notorious pathogens of crops.
Phytophthora pathogens cause worldwide losses of more than $6 billion each year on potato (Phytophthora infestans) and about $2 billion each year on soybean (Phytophthora sojae.
The researchers found that Phytophthora effectors blocked the RNA silencing pathways in their host plants (such as potato tomato
and soybean) resulting first in a suppression of host immunity and thereafter in an increase in the plants'susceptibility to disease.
#X-rays reveal uptake of nanoparticles by soybean cropsmetals contained in nanoparticles can enter into the food chain.
and Chair of the Department of chemistry at the University of Texas at El paso. The scientists focused on soya bean plants (glycine max) the fifth largest crop in global agricultural production and the second in the U s. The soil in
After the soya bean plants had been grown to maturity in greenhouses the distribution of zinc and cerium throughout the plants was studied.
and is not biotransformed in the soya bean but still reaches the food chain and the next soya bean plant generation. adds Jorge Gardea-Torresdey.
One must keep in mind that once engineered nanoparticles enter the food chain this is an accumulative process.
Gilis is from Chile. According to Drouillard substituting omega-3 fatty acids for saturated fats does not change the ground beef's flavor.
Production expenses for high-value organic crops like lettuce and broccoli can exceed $7000 per acre
Agricultural research service (ARS) horticulturalist Eric Brennan designed a long-term investigation that examined several different cover cropping strategies for an annual organic lettuce-broccoli production system.
and a legume-rye mix --and planted each cover crop using either a typical seeding rate
During lettuce and broccoli production Brennan ensured all systems received the same fertilizer and irrigation inputs and pest management.
The legume-rye and rye cover crops produced approximately 25 percent more dry matter biomass than the mustard crops.
But effectively suppressing weeds with the legume-rye crops required seeding at three times the typical rate
The long-term study also provided Brennan with more data about year-to-year yield variations in the legume-rye mix including why legumes
Brennan thinks cooler early-season weather helps legumes compete with the rye. So when a hot and dry autumn is expected producers might want to use a rye cover crop
and skip spending the money on a cover crop with legumes. Brennan who works at the ARS Crop Improvement and Protection Research Unit in Salinas has published some his findings in Agronomy Journal and Applied Soil Ecology.
Using chocolate chips apple pie and potato chips researchers Ellen van Kleef Mitsuru Shimizu and Brian Wansink designed a study to determine
if people who were given smaller portions of snack foods would feel hungrier or satisfied fifteen minutes after eating.
Two groups with different portion sizes were tested. The larger portion size group was given 100g of chocolate 200g of apple pie and 80g of potato chips all slightly larger than the recommended portion sizes.
This equaled 1370 calories in snack foods. The other group was given 10g 40g and 10g of these same foods respectively for a total of 195 calories.
The two groups were given as much time to eat as needed and were asked to fill out surveys to rate the liking familiarity and boredom with the food.
So next time you are craving a snack food remember that you can feel similarly satisfied with one handful as you would with two!
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