Go ahead, admit it -- you're not sure you even know the difference between a fruit and a vegetable. You're not alone, Mom. In fact, many people go through life thinking that cucumbers, peppers and tomatoes are vegetables when they are actually fruits. Scientifically speaking, the fruit i...
Fruit and vegetablesIntakeNutritional knowledgeTasteFruits and vegetables are important components of a healthy diet, but intakes in most Western countries are well below the recommended five servings a day. Men in particular are eating too little. The aim of this study is to understand the ...
Same goes for diet and physical activity. The more fruits and vegetables kids eat, and the more hours they spend playing sports, the happier they are.Now, of course this doesn’t mean that not smoking or drinking, and playing sports guarantees happiness. It could be that kids who have ...
What is the difference between the bitter and sweet varieties and how does their processing differ? What is the effect of pH in the germination of seeds? Where do seedless grapes come from? Explain. How does osmosis affect fruits and vegetables that have already been picked? What are the ess...
Semantic verbal fluency was measured using the Controlled Word Association task [150]. Participants were asked to generate as many words as they could from a certain category. Animals, fruits, and vegetables were the ones chosen and 1 min was the time allowed for each of these. Scores of thi...
Fruit and vegetable intake and the risk of cardiovascular disease, total cancer and all-cause mortality-a systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis... Inverse associations were observed between the intake of apples and pears, citrus fruits, green leafy vegetables, cruciferous vegetables, and ...
favourable dietary intakes at 6 years: boys consumed vegetables and fruits less frequently and meats/alternatives more frequently than boys with longer sleep patterns; and girls consumed vegetables, fruits and milk products less frequently and soft-drinks more frequently than girls with longer sleep ...
Further, the NDF values are significantly higher than the TDF values for apples and for miscellaneous fruits and vegetables, and significantly lower for stonefruit. For berryfruit, the differences between the NDF and TDF data are not significant. Also, a significant interaction between sample and ...
Semantic verbal fluency was measured using the Controlled Word Association task [150]. Participants were asked to generate as many words as they could from a certain category. Animals, fruits, and vegetables were the ones chosen and 1 min was the time allowed for each of these. Scores of thi...
Differences in dietary intake between men and women may thus be an important source of sexual dimorphism in CVD risk. While not all reports have observed sex differences in diet [16,17], several studies have reported that men consume fewer high-fiber foods, including fruits and vegetables, and...