and cabbage said Steve Strauss co-author and distinguished professor of forest biotechnology at OSU. This is the first time a gene that controls the timing of bud break in trees has been identified.
#Broccoli sprout beverage enhances detoxification of air pollutants in clinical triala clinical trial involving nearly 300 Chinese men
and women residing in one of China's most polluted regions found that daily consumption of a half cup of broccoli sprout beverage produced rapid significant and sustained higher levels of excretion of benzene
Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public health working with colleagues at several U s. and Chinese institutions used the broccoli sprout beverage to provide sulforaphane a plant compound already demonstrated to have cancer preventive properties
Diets rich in cruciferous vegetables of which broccoli is one have been found to reduce risk of chronic degenerative diseases including cancer.
Broccoli sprouts are a source of glucoraphanin a compound that generates sulforaphane when the plant is chewed or the beverage swallowed.
and lime juice while the beverage for the treatment group additionally contained a dissolved freeze-dried powder made from broccoli sprouts that contained glucoraphanin and sulforaphane.
The research team found that among participants receiving the broccoli sprout beverage the rate of excretion of the carcinogen benzene increased 61%beginning the first day and continuing throughout the 12-week period.
and frequency of the broccoli sprout beverage are planned in the same general region of China.
automatic identification of potato blemishes and improvements in the seal integrity of heat-sealed packaging.
High GI foods--such as white bread most breakfast cereals potatoes and rice--produce a large rise in blood glucose and insulin
The carbohydrates in low GI foods--including pasta beans lentils berries apples and certain whole grains such as barley and oats-are broken down more slowly
and vegetables and less sweetened beverages and saturated fats for example--reduced their risk for type 2 diabetes by about 20 percent compared to those who made no changes to their diets.
and sugar-sweetened beverages and more fruits vegetables and whole grains--they are going to improve their health
#Famine fear wont sway minds on GM cropsa sack-hauling time traveler from the 21st century lands in an Irish potato field in 1849 just before a terrible famine and asks:
If you thought genetically modified potatoes could avert late blight disease spare a million countrymen from starvation
and keep another million from emigrating off the Emerald isle would you plant these newfangled spuds?
Half the subjects in an online survey read the story of the 1850s Irish potato Famine learning the potential impact of fungal Phytophthora infestans on potato and tomato crops today.
Stories of The irish Potato Famine were no more likely to boost support for disease-resistant genetically modified crops than were our generic crop-disease descriptions said Katherine A. Mccomas professor and chair of Cornell's Department of Communication
airborne P. infestansspores are drifting through home-garden tomato crops. If you think genetically modified crops are dangerous'frankenfoods
The Cornell-led study published in The Plant Cell describes an important role of a protein that transports nutrients â#OPT3 â#in maintaining balance of the essential micronutrient iron in Arabidopsis small plants related to cabbage
The key molecule to initiate flavor development is acetate says Wittmann noting that The intensity of the aroma from a fermented bean is amazing.
legumes included beans lentils and peas; and nuts. Nine categories of intake frequency were recorded from never or less than once per month to six or more per day.
Furthermore substituting one serving per day of combined legumes nuts poultry and fish for one serving per day of red meat was associated with a 14%lower risk of breast cancer overall and premenopausal breast cancer.
and replacing red meat with a combination of legumes poultry nuts and fish may reduce the risk of breast cancer.
which means eating lots of fiber rich vegetables legumes and fruits; consuming whole grains and also limiting refined grains starchy vegetables and added sugar.
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But fresh produce such as celery apples and melons can also cause allergy symptoms. This is known as food pollen syndrome cross-reacting allergens found in both pollen and raw fruits vegetables and some tree nuts.
Summer allergy symptoms can easily be mistaken for colds food intolerances or other ailments said Dr. Foggs.
#Tomato pill improves function of blood vessels in patients with cardiovascular diseasea daily supplement of an extract found in tomatoes may improve the function of blood vessels in patients with cardiovascular disease according to new research from the University of Cambridge.
but is reduced notably in southern Europe where a'Mediterranean diet'consisting of a larger consumption of fruit vegetables and olive oil predominates.
Lycopene is found in tomatoes and other fruits and its potency appears to be enhanced when it is consumed pureed in ketchup or in the presence of olive oil.
--which includes lycopene found in tomatoes and other fruit as a component--is good for our cardiovascular health.
A daily'tomato pill'is not a substitute for other treatments but may provide added benefits when taken alongside other medication.
#Grain legume crops sustainable, nutritiouspopular diets across the world typically focus on the right balance of essential components like protein fat and carbohydrates.
The researchers examined four types of grain legumes (pulses)--field peas lentils chickpeas and common bean. Although these legumes have up to twice the micronutrients as cereals according to Tom Warkentin professor of plant breeding at the University of Saskatchewan they are cultivated not on the same scale as cereals in most countries.
Therefore grain legume crops are overlooked often as potentially valuable sources of micronutrients. Diets that do not provide adequate amounts of micronutrients lead to a variety of diseases that affect most parts of the human body.
Warkentin says Iron deficiency is the most common followed by zinc carotenoids and folate. The study found that genetic characteristics (genotype) as well as environmental conditions--such as soil properties
and local climate--can affect the micronutrient content of grain legumes. The researchers measured micronutrient levels by a technique known as atomic absorption spectrometry.
Warkentin notes A 100-gram (3 Â-ounce) serving of any one of the four grain legume crops studied provided a substantial portion of the recommended daily allowance (RDA) of iron zinc selenium magnesium
The serving size was based on the dry weight of the grain legumes. He adds that lentils were the best source of iron
while chickpeas and common bean were higher in magnesium. Calcium was the only key micronutrient that these crops lacked.
Interestingly most of the crops studied were high in selenium with chickpeas and lentils being the best sources.
Selenium is an important but often overlooked micronutrient. Selenium deficiency can lead to diseases that weaken heart muscles and cause breakdown of cartilage.
It can also give rise to hypothyroidism since selenium is required a chemical in the production of thyroid hormone.
and consumption of grain legume crops should be encouraged by agriculturalists and dietitians around the world.
Since grain legume crops don't require nitrogen-based fertilizers which are derived from fossil fuels they are very sustainable.
Warkentin also says Grain legume crops are highly nutritious. In addition to the micronutrients described in this research they also contain 20-25%protein 45-50%slowly digestible starch soluble and insoluble fiber
#More than just a hill of beans: Phaseolus genome lends insights into nitrogen fixationit doesn't take much to see that the problems of three little people doesn't add up to a hill of beans in this crazy world Humphrey Bogart famously said in the movie Casablanca.
For the farmers and breeders around the world growing the common bean however ensuring that there is an abundant supply of this legume is crucial both for its importance in cropping systems to ensure plant vitality and for food security.
Moreover the U s. Department of energy Office of Science has targeted research into the common bean because of its importance in enhancing nitrogen use efficiency for sustainability of bioenergy crops and for increasing plant resilience and productivity with fewer inputs on marginal lands
and in the face of the changing climate and environment. All plants require nitrogen to thrive
and nitrogen fixation is the process by which atmospheric nitrogen is converted into ammonia. However many agricultural lands are deficient in nitrogen leading farmers to rely on fertilizers to supply the needed nutrient for their crops.
Kidney beans navy beans string beans and pinto beans are all varieties of the common bean which ranks as the 10th most cultivated food crop worldwide.
Legumes such as the common bean and soybean however can form symbiotic relationships with nitrogen-fixing bacteria Understanding how such symbiotic relationships are formed
and analyzed the genome of the common bean Phaseolus vulgaris. The project was supported by the U s. Department of energy
and the National Institute of Food and Agriculture U s. Department of agriculture and the work was published online June 8 2014 in the journal Nature Genetics Unlocking the genetic make-up of the common bean is a tremendous achievement that will lead to future
and assembled a 473-million basepair genome of the common bean. Though it is thought to have originated in Mexico the common bean was domesticated separately at two different geographic locations in Mesoamerica
and the Andes diverging from a common ancestral wild population more than 100000 years ago. The team then compared sequences from pooled populations representing these regions finding only a small fraction of shared genes.
This information could be beneficial for farmers practicing the intercropping system known as milpa wherein beans
and maize or occasionally squash are planted either simultaneously or else in a relay system where the beans follow maize.
The practice ensures that the land can continue to produce high-yield crops without resorting to adding fertilizers or other artificial methods of providing nutrients to the soil.
The team then compared the high quality common bean genome against the sequence of its most economically important relative soybean.
They also noted that the common bean's genome had evolved more rapidly than soybean's since they diverged from the last common ancestor nearly 20 million years ago.
Improvement of common bean will require a more fundamental understanding of the genetic basis of how it responds to biotic and abiotic stresses the team concluded.
However an equivalent amount is lost through logging clearing of land for grazing and growing biofuel crops such as palm oil soya bean and sugar.
Before the soybean rows close or if we get a different spectrum response from some of these weeds as they break through the canopy we may see some of those weeds show up in the imagery as well to identify where there are hot spots
â#¢Consuming fresh fruits vegetables and dairy foods such as milk cheese and yogurt without added sugar helps reduce an individual's risk of cavities. â#¢Consuming fewer foods
Guacamole and baby carrots: All this simple guacamole requires is jar of salsa and some avocados.
and you have an instant dip for veggies Kizer says. She recommends baby carrots because they're already washed
and ready to eat. The Vitamin c in the salsa will keep the guacamole from turning brown
Whole wheat rotini and veggies and pasta sauce: Pasta is versatile and can easily be made in large quantities.
Take a bag of frozen mixed veggies together with a jar of pasta sauce and heat up in a sauce pot Kizer says.
and heat it up in the microwave and with all the sauce and vegetables they won't even know they're getting a healthy dose of fiber magnesium manganese
Rather than full-fat fried potato chips keeping baked chips on hand as a healthier indulgent can be a good compromise between you and your teen.
Sunchipsâ Kellogg'sâ popped chips or Kashi'sâ black bean chips are also tasty yet less indulgent snacking options Kizer says.
For desserts Skinnycowâ ice cream sandwiches are hard to beat for 150 calories and 3 grams of fiber.
For teens who consider pizza an entire food group finding a whole-wheat thin crust emphasizing veggies rather than high-fat meat like sausage
#Farmers markets inspire mothers to eat more veggies, but grocery-store produce costs lesswhen participants in a local Women Infants and Children (WIC) program received vouchers for fruits and vegetables at area farmers markets they ate a greater variety of vegetables
and more often chose fruits or vegetables as snacks. But a survey comparing prices at grocery stores
and farmers markets showed that better produce prices could be found in local supermarkets says a new University of Illinois study.
Those who used the farmers market vouchers ate a greater variety of vegetables and were more likely to choose fruits
or vegetables as snacks (57.3%)over those who did shop at the farmers markets (46.7%)said Karen Chapman-Novakofski a U of I professor of nutrition.
The median intake for both vegetables and fruit among study participants was two servings a day
but almost 70 percent did not meet the national recommendation for amount of vegetables eaten daily
USDA uses farmers market vouchers nationwide to allow WIC mothers to purchase more vegetables than they could otherwise afford.
and vegetables locally is a vital exposure and access point for clients who have challenges with accessing
and vegetables said Brandon Meline director of maternal and child health at the Champaign-Urbana (Ill.)
For instance according to the Economic Research Service the average cost per pound of green beans is $3. 23
and a pound provides about three cups of vegetables. So the most direct effect the vouchers could have had on vegetable intake was about six cups of vegetables for the participant and her children.
Indirectly however the vouchers may have contributed to the mother's choice to serve vegetables what types of vegetables will be served
and maintaining a positive attitude about eating them. The farmers market vouchers may serve as a gateway to exposure to more fruits
and vegetables and clients would use other sources of food dollars to maintain fruit and vegetable intake Chapman-Novakofski noted.
The Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommend increased vegetable consumption to reduce the risk of heart disease certain cancers obesity type 2 diabetes high blood pressure osteoporosis and kidney stones.
Not only are vegetables low in calories they are powerhouses of vitamins minerals and phytochemicals that are important for keeping us healthy she said.
And we're interested in how consumers view the quality of farmers market produce and the kinds of fruits and vegetables they most often purchase.
--and many corn and soybean growers don't yet appreciate the threat University of Illinois researchers report.
Adam Davis a researcher with the U s. Department of agriculture Agricultural research service and a professor of crop sciences at the U. of I. reported at a recent agricultural conference that Palmer amaranth can reduce soybean yields by 78 percent
and soybeans) could see significant losses associated with fighting --or failing to properly fight--this weed Hager said.
Some soybean fields in Kankakee County Illinois became so overgrown with Palmer amaranth that the soybeans were barely visible to the eye.
and soybean growers in Illinois should take a tip from Georgia cotton farmers and do everything possible to remove the plants he said.
#Tracking potato famine pathogen to its home may aid $6 billion global fightthe cause of potato late blight
and co-evolved with potatoes over hundreds or maybe a few thousand years and later spread repeatedly to much of the world.
and helps explain the mechanisms of repeated emergence of this disease which to this day is still the most costly potato pathogen in the world.
Potato late blight continues to be a major threat to global food security and at least $6 billion a year is spent to combat it mostly due to the cost of fungicides and substantial yield losses.
Finding ways to genetically resist the potato late blight scientists say could help reduce the use of fungicides
or areas in South america where the potato itself actually evolved thousands of years ago. Gene sequencing technology used by this research group helped pin down the Toluca Valley as the ancestral hot spot. The P. infestans pathogen co-evolved there hundreds of years ago with plants that were distant cousins of modern potatoes
which produced tubers but were thought more often of as a weed than a vegetable crop.
Since different potato varieties plants and pathogens have been co-evolving there for hundreds of years it offers some of the best hope to discover genes that provide some type of resistance.
Along with other staple foods such as corn rice and wheat the potato forms a substantial portion of the modern human diet.
A recent United nations report indicated that every person On earth eats on average more than 70 pounds of potatoes a year.
Potatoes contain a range of vitamins minerals phytochemicals fiber and--for hungry populations--needed calories.
It's believed that the potato was domesticated first more than 7000 years ago in parts of
A cheap and plentiful crop that can grow in many locations the ability to increase food production with the potato eventually aided a European population boom in the 1800s.
But what the New world provided it also took away--in the form of a potato late blight attack that originated from Mexico caused multiple crop failures
and led among other things to The irish potato famine that began in 1845. Before it was over 1 million people had died
and another 1 million emigrated many to the U s. That famine was exacerbated by lack of potato diversity as some of the varieties most vulnerable to P. infestans were also the varieties most widely cultivated.
#Often and early gives children a taste for vegetablesexposing infants to a new vegetable early in life encourages them to eat more of it compared to offering novel vegetables to older children new research from the University of Leeds suggests.
The researchers led by Professor Marion Hetherington in the Institute of Psychological sciences also found that even fussy eaters are able to eat a bit more of a new vegetable each time they are offered it.
If you want to encourage your children to eat vegetables make sure you start early and often.
or does not like veggies our study shows that 5-10 exposures will do the trick.
In the study which was funded by the EU the research team gave artichoke puree to 332 children from three countries aged from weaning age to 38 months.
During the experiment each child was given between five and 10 servings of at least 100g of the artichoke puree in one of three versions:
which suggests that making vegetables sweeter does not make a significant difference to the amount children eat.
Younger children consumed more artichoke than older children. This is because after 24 months children become reluctant to try new things
Globe artichoke was chosen as the sample vegetable because as part of the research parents were surveyed and artichoke was one of the least-offered vegetables.
NHS guidelines are to start weaning children onto solid foods at six months. The research has been published in the journal PLOS ONE.
Along with fresh fruit and vegetables dried fruit can provide a useful and convenient addition to the diet especially as controlling appetite during dieting can be tough.
Hispanic households saw the smallest decrease in total calories purchased possibly due to less access to stores with bar-coded products and greater proportional spending on fruits and vegetables.
and mildews potato late blight pathogens) and fits their defense mechanisms well. The presence of the pathogen in the cell activates specific proteins that cause death of both the plant cell and the invading pathogen.
risotto with mushrooms and peas. It's the result of a host of programs by schools around Vermont to offer more tempting choices--with locally sourced ingredients
and vegetables from the playground garden--and to get children to eat more healthfully. But is it working?
or vegetable with their lunch a good intention that might easily go to the garbage. To get answers about
what actually happens to those dressed up peas and mushrooms--or the obligatory apple next to the mac and cheese--the Johnson Lab has developed state-of-the-art digital imaging to measure consumption a method just validated by a paper published in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
The researchers Johnson's army of undergraduates image children's trays when they leave the line
and vegetable a serving contains. Back at the lab visually comparing the composite before and after photos alongside the comparison data researchers can accurately determine consumption within two grams a statistically valid
and vegetables--farm-to-school programs school gardens --and we know that exposure to foods helps develop preference for those foods
and vegetables that students are choosing at lunch are processed largely versions primarily 100 percent fruit juice and high calorie entrees such as pizza and lasagna with the tomato in the sauce qualifying as a vegetable.
and vegetables into familiar favorites for instance that kids will come around. Research associate Bethany Yon in a study recently published in the Journal of School Health in fact has shown that it's worked with flavored milk.
At my kids'high school there were banks of vending machines with soft drinks and candy and snack foods all the bake sales.
Although much is used for animal bedding mushroom compost and energy generation there still exists a vast surplus.
and chicken as well as fruit whole grains and vegetables had significantly lower risk of preterm birth.
On the other hand women who consumed mainly discretionary foods such as takeaway potato chips cakes biscuits and other foods high in saturated fat and sugar were more likely to have born babies preterm Dr Grieger says.
Billups noted subsequent electron-beam experiments with pristine anthracite formed no diamonds while tests with less-robust infusions of hydrogen led to regions with onion-like fringes of graphitic carbon but no fully formed diamonds.
Carbohydrate sources included high-fibre foods such as oats and barley and low-starch vegetables such as okra and eggplant.
Proteins came from gluten soy vegetables nuts and cereals. Predominant fat sources for the Eco-Atkins diet were nuts vegetable oils soy products and avocado.
These fungi including many edible mushrooms are particularly common in boreal forests with scarce nutrients.
and vegetables--than they did in past decades. And while troubling disparities exist among various groups most economic educational and racial
Snack food fast food automobile use time spent viewing television or looking at computer screens the ubiquity of vending machines suburban sprawl increasing portion sizes female labor force participation poverty affluence supermarket availability
The cost of fruits and vegetables has increased not over time as some have argued but has gone down more than 20 percent since 1970 the researchers report.
The price of fruits and vegetables is decreasing --but not as rapidly as the cost of junk food An said.
coffee grounds are a great compost for cultivating mushrooms particularly gourmet mushrooms such as oyster shiitake and reishi.
The U s. gets nearly 45 percent of mushrooms from China and there is a need for more local suppliers of gourmet mushrooms said Kaley Oldani master's student in civil engineering Dublin California and the student leader for the project.
Oldani and other student team members recently traveled to Washington D c. to showcase their project at the EPA's 10th annual National Sustainable Design Expo for the People Prosperity and the Planet competition.
and took them to the K-State Student Farm and horticulture lab to work with Janke on mushroom cultivation.
but this grant allows them to take mushroom cultivation to a whole new level and collaborate with students
The research team plans to continue mushroom cultivation research. Because of the success with coffee grounds and mushrooms the student team is studying other ways to grow gourmet mushrooms using materials such as wood chips and wood shavings leftover from projects in the university's department of architectural engineering and construction science.
Ultimately the students could turn this research into a small business venture that makes locally grown gourmet mushrooms available for sale at local farmer's markets
which species of soybean pests could come to Quebec in the coming years due to climate change.
oils--canola soybean and corn--to the rising incidence of lung inflammation and possibly asthma.
The form of Vitamin e called gamma-tocopherol in the ubiquitous soybean corn and canola oils is associated with decreased lung function in humans the study reports.
and butter to soybean canola and corn oils which were thought to be healthier for the heart Looking at other countries'rates of asthma Cook-Mills said those with significantly lower rates of asthma have diets high in olive and sunflower oils.
and those that consume soybean corn and canola oil have the highest rate of asthma Cook-Mills said.
The team established gut bacteria cultures in flasks and then'fed'them two different diets--either a predigested potato high-starch diet or a predigested grass high-fiber diet.
Surprisingly the human cultures on a potato diet produced the highest levels of SCFAS. Even the baboon cultures fed potato produced more SCFAS than the baboon cultures fed grass.
When the researchers applied some of these cultures to mouse colon cells in the lab dish the cells were stimulated to release PYY hormone.
Those exposed to human cultures digesting a potato diet released the most PYY followed by those exposed to baboon cultures on a potato diet.
A closer cataloguing of all the metabolites produced by the bacterial cultures digesting potato or grass diets showed that as the levels of the amino acids isoleucine
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