A joint WHO/FAO expert consultation report on diet, nutrition and prevention of chronic diseases sets population nutrient goals and recommends intake of minimum gram of 400 g of fruits per day. Fresh fruits are rich sources of micronutrients and macronutrients with myriad...
Theresearchers,whoarefromtheUniversityofCataniainItaly,aswellasSousseandMonastiruniversitiesinTunisia,analyzedavarietyofcommonfruitsandvegetables—carrots,lettuce,broccoli,potatoes,apples,andpears.Thesewerechosenforthefactthattheyarefrequentlyconsumed,usuallyoneperday,whichallowedtheresearcherstobetterassessthedietaryintake...
The researchers defined optimal fruit intake as 300 grams per day, equivalent to roughly two small apples, and defined optimal intake of vegetables as 400 grams per day, equivalent to about three cups of raw carrots. They estimated average national intakes in over 110 countries (with more than ...
Fruit and vegetable intake increased from pre-assessment to 8 weeks. Mean fruit intake of the group increased from 0.6 cups to 1.9 cups per day. Mean vegetable intake of the group increased from 0.97 cups to 2.54 cups per day. A repeated measures analysis of both fruit (p CRP and ...
Although the health benefits of eating fresh fruit are well established, the sugar content of fruit has led to concerns about its potential harm for people with diabetes and consequently Chinese people diagnosed with diabetes tend to restrict their fruit intake. ...
1,7 On dietary questionnaires, participants reported their average intake of a specified portion size for each food over the past year. For each food item on the questionnaire, 9 responses were possible, ranging from never or less than once per month to 6 or more times per day. Detailed ...
Apple and apple juice intake are also associated with all age groups. Investigations on the health benefits of apples have shown that apples have antimutagenic, antioxidant, and antiinflammatory activities. Apple juice has also been shown to inhibit cancer cell proliferation. The reported ...
Participants were randomly allocated to either: (1) a control condition (asked to plan to increase their fruit intake but given no further instruction), (2) a standard implementation intention condition (asked to form an implementation intention using standard open-ended instructions), or (3) a ...
Ten cohort studies (eight publications) with 131 281 cases and 315 742 participants were included in the linear dose-response analysis of fruit intake and hypertension risk [11, 13, 14, 19, 24–26, 28]. The summary RR per 200 g/day of fruit was 0.93 (95% CI 0.89–0.98, I2 =...
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