Put a mint leaf sliver of kiwi or cucumber slice into your H20.</</p><p>These refreshing twists on water may jazz up its taste be a flavorful stand-in for sugary soft drinks
and 73 percent offered fries as a side. The report named several meals as particularly egregious examples of unhealthy offerings including the following:
Most chains seem stuck in a time warp serving up the same old meals based on chicken nuggets burgers macaroni and cheese fries and soda.
at least a half-serving of fruit or vegetables an item made from at least 51 percent whole grains or a specified level of vitamins or fiber.
No sprouts meant no child was expected. Strangely researchers in the 1960s tested this method and found it had a grain of truth according to the National institutes of health.
and vegetables and meal bran Necaise said. To prepare the insects the best option is to put them into bags in the freezer where their metabolism slows down they go to sleep
Today there are a number of foods that are identified commonly as American such as hamburgers hot dogs potato chips macaroni and cheese and meat loaf.
and includes dishes such as fried chicken collard greens black-eyed peas and corn bread. Tex-Mex popular in Texas and the Southwest is a blend of Spanish
and includes items such as chili and burritos and relies heavily on shredded cheese and beans.
Arts The United states is known widely around the world as a leader in mass media production including television and movies.
#American Kids Need More Whole Grains, Veggies, Seafood, Report Says American children's diets fall considerably short of meeting national dietary recommendations according to a new government report.
and protein intake with average scores in the 80s but generally ate far too little whole grains greens and beans with average scores ranging from 14 to 18.
The diet-quality scores of children and adolescents would be improved by increasing the intake of vegetables especially dark greens
and beans replacing refined grains for whole grains substituting seafood for some meat and poultry and decreasing the intake of sodium (salt) and empty calories from solid fats
and a cup of cooked peas lentils or beans has up to 15 grams of fiber.
which belongs to the same family as beans peas and black locust trees explained lead author of the study Marc Philippe of France s University of Lyon.
The drought destroyed or damaged portions of major field crops in the Midwest particularly field corn and soybeans causing hikes in farm prices
However if people get most of their antioxidants from fruits vegetables and nuts the effect on dementia and stroke risk might be said different Devore.
and cucumber while bonobos cared least about peanuts and lettuce. The visible bowl contained middle-of-the-road foods for both species:
which might be a delicious banana or a boring scrap of lettuce. The results revealed that chimpanzees were bigger risk-takers than the bonobos.
#Attack of the (Not So Killer) Tomatoes This Research in Action article was provided to Livescience in partnership with the National Science Foundation.
One of summer's most enjoyable treats is a big juicy tomato. But consider this the next time you're in the garden:
whenever the hair cells on the tomato's leaves and stem are ruptured by any invader whether it be human hand a crawly insect or an oozy fungus.
and Cornelius Barry of Michigan State university and Eran Pichersky of the University of Michigan recently determined how cultivated and wild varieties of tomatoes manufacture their protective chemical barrier:
An enzyme known as Aacyltransferase2 (AT2) produces acyl sugars in the tips of the tomato's hair cells
The researchers obtained these results by applying a combination of high-tech gene sequencing techniques and analytical chemistry to a collection of hand-picked wild tomato relatives from the Andes mountains.
We were especially fortunate to use the 80 accessions genetically unique plant samples of wild relatives collected by intrepid tomato scientists most notably by the late Dr. Charles Rick from UC Davis says Last.
Rick undertook 15 expeditions to South america between 1948 and 1995 and collected 700 specimens of tomatoes native to the Andes regions of Peru Ecuador Chile and the Galapagos islands.
They found that wild tomatoes in northern locales lacked the ability to make defensive compounds
However it appears that different pressures in the south caused the gene to actively protect the tomato from a variety of intruders.
This work and research through the NSF-funded Solanum Trichome Project will help agricultural planners devise new strategies to protect tomato crops.
In addition while strawberries and blueberries were the main sources ofâ anthocyanins they are found in other foods as well including blackberries eggplant and grapes.
Berries can be part of a balanced diet that includes other fruits as well as vegetables and whole grains the AHA says.
Seeâ 6 Easy Ways to Eat More Fruits and Vegetables. The study is published today (Jan 14) in the journal Circulation:
They are currently working with a Japanese company to develop a potato plant that possesses the same robust growth as their giant tobacco plant.
Foods rich in the vitamin include spinach asparagus turnip greens lettuce beans peas and lentils and egg yolks Email Bahar Gholipourâ or follow her@alterwired. Followâ Livescienceâ@livescience Facebookâ & Google+.
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#Bison Could Be reintroduced to Alaska North america's largest land animal will roam the Alaskan wilderness once again
#Broccoli Compound Could Prevent Radiation Sickness A byproduct of a chemical found in broccoli could prevent acute radiation poisoning new research suggests.
The compound which is derived from broccoli cabbage and other cruciferous vegetables prevents rats exposed to lethal doses of radiation from dying.
If follow-up studies show the treatment works in humans the compound could be given to people before
Past work had shown that a compound derived from broccoli called 33'-diindolylmethane (DIM) showed promise as a cancer-preventive agent possibly
and ranching operation is looking out on a deep green field of sunflower vetch corn clover buckwheat savannah grass and other crops.
and hairy vetch increases soil nutrients and water retention and prepares the soil for the next planting rather than depleting it.
The Waldorf Astoria hotel for example uses its rooftop-made honey in cocktails salad dressing and even wild mushroom chowder.
considering retesting other foods including some types of whole grains and legumes. For the most part the inaccuracies are small
Seeâ 9 Snack foods: Healthy or Not? Counting calories One way to measure a food's energy
In the 1970s researchers introduced modified Atwater values that were intended for specific foods such as fruits vegetables and beans.
Research by Rachel Carmody a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard university's FAS Center for Systems Biology in Cambridge Mass. and colleagues shows that food processing eating a carrot that's pureed rather than whole for example changes the calories we get from it.
For example if you eat a mashed potato that's been calculated by the Atwater system to contain 300 calories you're likelygetting most of those calories Carmody said.
But if you eat a whole unprocessed potato of the same size you'll take in around 200 calories she said.
The difference is biggest forâ starchy foods like potatoes and is lowest for meats Carmody said The calories from unprocessed
The study did not find MERS antibodies in blood samples taken from closely related animals such as alpacas and llamas in The netherlands and Chile.
Folate the naturally occurring form of folic acid is found in green leafy vegetables peas lentils beans eggs yeast and liver.
She recommended eating fish skinless chicken lean beef pork and low-fat dairy products and carbohydrates that are high in fiber such as whole grains vegetables and fruit.
and is rich in fresh fruits and vegetables. In my next column I'll detail the role of protein in the body.
According to a study from 2008 in the United states an average household shifting from a red meat and dairy diet to one based on vegetables just one day per week would reduce greenhouse-gas emissions equivalent to the people
#Carrots & Eye Health: How the Myth Began The myth that carrots improve your eyesight may have its roots in a WORLD WAR II propaganda campaign.
During the war The british Royal air force developed a new type of radar technology that helped pilots shoot down German enemy planes at night according to Smithsonian Magazine.
But in order to keep the new technology a secret the government said carrots were behind the pilots'success. Advertisements during the war touted the benefits of carrots for nighttime vision including one that read Carrots keep you healthy
Carrots are a good source of Vitamin a which helps maintain eyesight. But carrots do not actually improve vision
or help you see in the dark as some parents may tell their children in the hopes of persuading the little ones to eat their veggies.
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Gardeners should wear gloves and wash their vegetables. And cat owners should dispose of cat litter properly in the trash not down a toilet
While that finding likely comes as no surprise to parents the researchers also found that children eat more of an endorsed snack food
one for a particular brand of potato chips endorsed by a former soccer star one for a different snack food and one for a toy.
Another group of kids watched TV footage of the same soccer star at an event not related to the snack food.
 The children were offered then two bowls of chips and allowed to eat as much as they wanted.
While both contained the brand-name chips only one was labeled with the brand name. The other was labeled supermarket.
The researchers found that those who had watched the commercial with the celebrity ate more of the chips labeled with the brand name compared with the kids who watched a commercial for a different food
But the kids who watched the general footage of the celebrity also ate more of the brand-name chips the researchers found.
Moreover the children did not eat any less of the supermarket brand chips. Thus the endorser effect contributed to overconsumption the researchers wrote in their study.
and this can be found in products like candies chocolates and many snack foods. It s also important for those with celiac disease to avoid cross-contamination in their own kitchens or at restaurants.
So even French fries which do not normally contain wheat as an ingredient would not be cooked safe
They are made with potato rice soy or bean flour. Relief for many celiac disease sufferers can happen almost immediately after starting the strictly gluten-free diet.
It takes serious chewing to break down foods such as carrots apples and cucumbers. But all that crunching isn't in vain.
In fact the study published in the April issue of the journal Eating Behaviors suggests that chewing gum may lead people to eat chips cookies and candy instead of fruits and veggies.
and veggies taste funny. The chemical change is the same reason why when you brush your teeth
or grapes while others played for potato chips or M&ms. Prior to playing the game half of the participants chewed either Juicy Fruit gum or Wrigley's Spearmint gum.
and veggies to create a bitter flavor was turning people off to the healthy foods Swoboda said.
People ate less fruits and vegetables because in their head they thought'I have to chew gum before every meal do
which also means meal and it is a staple of their diet as are bean sprouts cabbage and scallions.
or chicken tofu is a main source of protein for the Chinese. Tea is the beverage of choice.
and supplements that may help to lower cholesterol according to the Mayo Clinic including artichokes barley garlic oat bran beta-sitosterol blond psyllium (found in Metamucil) and sitostanol.
By losing weight eating foods that are low in saturated fats eliminating trans fats eating whole grains fruits vegetables
(i e. mushroom) classification and the collection is the official outlet of the largest amateur mycological association in the world (Associazione Micologica Bresadola)
#Cold Temperatures and Chili peppers Help Burn Fat What do low temperatures and chili peppers have in common? They both could help burn fat a new study shows.
Exposure to cold and consumption of chemicals found in chili peppers both appear to increase the number and activity of so-called brown fat cells
which burn energy rather than store it as typical white fat cells do said Takeshi Yoneshiro a researcher at Hokkaido University Graduate school of Medicine in Japan.
which are normally found in chili peppers for six weeks and found they also burned more energy than the control group
Capsinoids come from sweet chili peppers that don't taste hot but produce some of the same physiological effects for example producing sweat Nedergaard said.
Elbroch spent more than 1. 5 years in Patagonia conducting most of his work in the Chacabuco Valley in southern Chile near the border with Argentina.
In a rural Guatemalan village coffee growers who once earned their living by simply selling sun-dried beans now market coffee that is brew-ready:
</p><p>Researchers grew human stem cells in an environment that encouraged them to form pea-size gobs of brain tissue
The study reported that people who ate avocados had significantly higher intakes of fruits and vegetables in general and lower intakes of added sugars.
and found evidence that 13 of those speciesâ devoured fruit of some kind including a variety of berries legumes nuts and grains.
9 Snack foods: Healthy or Not? The study is one of the largest to look at the link between nut consumption
But new research shows that these unique creatures may be vanishing as their habitats in Chile's temperate forests are destroyed.
40 Freaky Frog Photos Shrinking range Charles darwin first discovered the frogs while traveling in Chile in 1834.
Scientists who later studied the mouth-brooding animals found that there are actually two species naming one Rhinoderma darwinii (Darwin's frog) and the other Rhinoderma rufum (Chile Darwin's frog.
Changing forests Native forests are being destroyed rapidly in Chile to make way for pine and eucalypt plantations
Chile Darwin's frogs meanwhile should get a possibly extinct tag the researchers said. Other factors could be contributing to the decline of Darwin's frog.
What's more the African clawed frog was introduced to Chile in the 1970s. That species has been associated with the deadly fungal infection chytridiomycosis
but they do reap benefits from them including increased yields of cash crops like corn and soybeans.
and legumes are planted usually in the interval between the harvesting and planting of cash crops.
and soybeans the most common crops in the U s. Moreover cover crops were especially effective under drought conditions.
Farmers who responded reported average increases of 11.1 bushels of corn per acre and 4. 9 bushels of soybeans per acre over prior harvests.
The increase in soybeans was 11.6 percent. That's pretty impressive. The growers reported yield information from fields comparable in conditions and rotation except for the cover crops.
Respondents from the drought-affected states reported even greater benefits in soybeans: an average increase of 5. 7 bushels per acre or 14.3 percent higher yields after cover crops.
Soft bland foods are recommended as well including bananas plain rice toast crackers boiled potatoes smooth peanut butter cottage cheese noodles and applesauce.
and gardening activities such as home repairs mowing/cutting the lawn and hedges car maintenance and gathering mushrooms or berries.
Supersize those fries and diet Coke So yes you now can get a side salad.
KFC made the greatest gains from 42 to 51 points on the Healthy Eating Index by increasing its offerings of vegetables
and reducing the portion size of french fries; and it has gained six points peaking at 48 on the Healthy Eating Index.
At Chipotle one could order a burrito bowl with rice beans peppers and onions and no sour cream.
#Does Eating Veggies Make You an Optimist? People who have high blood levels of healthy plant compounds known as carotenoids also tend to be more optimistic about the future a new study has found.
and some green veggies such as spinach and collards are antioxidants. The current study evaluated blood concentrations of nine different antioxidants including carotenoids such as beta-carotene and Vitamin e in nearly 1000 American men and women ages 25 to 74.
or fewer servings of fruits and vegetables a day were significantly less optimistic than people who ate three or more servings a day.
and vegetables just tend to be said more optimistic the researchers. A 2009 study of more than 100000 U s. women published in the journal Circulation found that optimists live longer and healthier lives with fewer cancer-and heart-disease-related deaths.
and vegetables and avoiding cigarette smoking said Boehm. Right now it s a question of which came first the chicken or the egg.
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.
-and-burning of the forest to make way for sweet potatoes and through the rats inadvertently brought to the island that ate palm nuts before they could sprout into new trees.
A healthy diet can include whole grains vegetables meat poultry and fish she said. Some fish and seafood are good sources of omega-3 fatty acids
The traditional group's diet consisted mainly of vegetables red meat and chicken. Other groups were vegetarians women who ate large amounts of processed food
The researchers said the benefit may be due to a substance in the vegetable that we've been advised to avoid:
People reported how often they ate certain vegetables and their history of tobacco use. The researchers found that not only were associated peppers with a reduced risk of Parkinson's
Other vegetables didn't seem to have this effect. Benefits associated with vegetables from the Solanaceae family seemed to be said fairly specific study researcher Susan Searles Nielsen an environmental and occupational health researcher at the University of Washington in Seattle.
While there was some suggestion that tomatoes might also be associated with a reduced risk of Parkinson's it was not clear Searles Nielsen said.
Peppers'good-for-neuron powers were much clearer in people who had used never tobacco regularly Searles Nielsen added.
and if you eat the typical American diet high in saturated fat devoid of fruits vegetables
These two important beneficial phytochemicals found in egg yolks (as well as kale and spinach) help prevent eye diseases especially cataracts and age-related macular degeneration.
While eggs contain less lutein and zeaxanthin than greens these phytochemicals are more absorbable because of the presence of fat in the yolk.
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.
Add a handful of chopped tomatoes to the pan (or any other vegetables you happen to have chopped such as spinach kale mushrooms
or peppers) and cook for another 5 minutes. Turn down the heat to very low. In a separate bowl whisk two eggs.
Pour eggs into the pan containing the onion garlic and tomato add 1 ounce low-fat cheese
if you wish. Stir continuously until eggs are cooked. Pour over toasted whole rye bread. Tallmadge's most recent Op-Ed was Is BMI Best?
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The team also found thousands of examples of wild barley wild wheat lentil and grass pea remains throughout the site some of the earliest evidence of agriculture in the world.
but evidence for domestication of wild strains of grains such as wild barley and lentils gradually emerge in the middle layers of the tell.
Soy beverages and tofu are fortified also with calcium. Dark green vegetables also provide calcium. Uses of calcium Pure calcium metal is used as a reducing agent during preparation of other metals such as thorium uranium zirconium and more.
It is used also as a deoxidizer a desulfurizer and a decarburizer for various ferrous and nonferrous alloys.
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.
and vegetables and less saturated fat said Marlene B. Schwartz director of the Rudd Center.
and ate only vegetables and grass and sucked the juice of green stalks; at first he rejected bread.
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 romaine lettuce red cabbage carrots) sourced from the Mexican processing facility of a group of farms.
and cooking of fresh vegetables and fruits should keep the disease in check. All viewpoints expressed in the article are those of Kausik
These pea-sized pups crawl into their mom's pouch but only a handful of them survive
Carver developed hundreds of products using the peanut sweet potatoes and soybeans. He also was a champion of crop rotation and agricultural education.
so by his work on the fungal infections common to soybean plants that he was asked to remain as part of the faculty to work on his master s degree (awarded in 1896).
and became interested in sweet potatoes another nitrogen-fixing crop. Products he invented using sweet potatoes include:
wood fillers more than 73 dyes rope breakfast cereal synthetic silk shoe polish and molasses. He wrote several brochures on the nutritional value of sweet potatoes
and the protein found in peanuts including recipes he invented for use of his favorite plants.
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.
Half of this protein would likely come from fish beans lentils and other non-meat sources while the other half would come from sheep goat and cattle he estimated.
and about 73 million acres are dedicated to soybeans a close second. Why do need we so much farmland for soy
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.
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.
But at what other costs? Is it really what's best for regular consumers or
what's best for Big Agriculture and the food industry? Is soybean oil hazardous? Soybean oil is a great example of a genetically modified food often associated with misinformation.
Tomatoes have been developed that resist frost and freezing temperatures with antifreeze genes from a cold-water fish the winter flounder (Pseudopleuronectes americanus).
At least 90 percent of the soy cotton canola corn and sugar beets sold in the United states have been engineered genetically.
Potatoes engineered with a lectin gene (for resistance to pests) were linked to stomach damage in rats that consumed the potatoes according to a report from the University of California Davis
The argument over the development and marketing of GMO foods has become a political hot potato in recent years.
versus say a vegetable. There's an automatic acceptance even joy after eating something sweet. On the other hand vegetables are acquired an taste
which may take 10 to 20 tries before acceptance. This is partly explained by evolution. Humans have been eating naturally sweet foods such as breast milk and fruit for millions of years.
I would regularly bake my favorite chocolate-chip bars and caramel popcorn both of which I made in childhood.
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because they've cut out the excess calories found in many flour-based snack foods and they mistakenly attribute feeling better to taking out the gluten.
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.
That's why a healthy diet should include good carbs. Carbohydrates are the most important source of energy for your body.
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.
or snacks. 3. Bag the potatoes. Instead have brown rice bulgur wheat berries whole wheat pasta or another whole grain with your dinner. 4. Choose whole fruit instead of juice.
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.
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