SWEET NOTHINGS.(maximum recommended daily intake (Daily Value) for sugar of 40 grams--ten teaspoons)(Brief Article)Jacobson, Michael
passion fruit juice, puree or concentrate, and may incorporate butter and eggs, can have an unhealthful nutrition profile which cancels the benefits of any passion fruit it may contain. A better choice would be homemade lilikoi butter in which the levels of sugar and saturated fat can be ...
Cancer-related effects of consuming salt The relationship between salt and cancer is related to two types of salt intake: high overall intake and high intake of very salty foods. The relatively high overall level of salt in the average U.S. diet contributes to cancer risk indirectly by promoti...
The EFSA, which regulates food additives in the European Union, recommends a slightly lower ADI for aspartame, at 40 mg/kg/day. To help put these levels in perspective, the FDA estimates that if all of the added sugar in the diet of an average 60 kg (132 lb) person were replaced by...
Even better news for pregnant women: A 2003 study in theInternational Journal of Gynecology and Obstetricsfound that daily lycopene supplements reduced the incidence of preeclampsia by 50 percent. Test subjects were given 4 milligrams of lycopene; a single serving of watermelon can have triple that...
aMangoes are high in vitamins A and C.Eat one cup of sliced mangoes,and you will cover about 25 percent of your daily recommended intake of vitamin A (which is good for your immune system).There are also early findings that mangoes may be helpful in reducing body fat and blood sugar le...
In addition, since pyridoxine requires magnesium for phosphorylation to its active form, a magnesium deficiency can lead to decreased B6 activity. Increased insulin secretion, in response to sugar consumption, results in sodium retention that is independent of aldosterone. Premenstrual Syndrome PMS C (...
In calculating the mRFS, we focused on nine food groups (whole grains, nuts, and legumes, fruits/fruit juices, vegetables, low-fat milk, fish, red and processed meat, sugar-sweetened beverages, sodium-rich food). To evaluate the effect of sodium intake, several salty foods were placed amon...
proportionately by 30% and 60% to approach more closely the average 95th percentile values for total vegetables and total fruit (2.9 and 2.7 cup equivalents, respectively, for individuals one year and older) while retaining identical amounts of protein foods, oils, solid fats, and added sugar....