News articles tagged with 'vegetable'
Multiple approaches necessary to tackle world's food problems
— 19 Feb 2011 10:18 | EnvironmentResearchers need to use all available resources in an integrated approach to put agriculture on a path to solve the world's food problems while reducing pollution, according to a Penn…
Want more efficient muscles? Eat your spinach
— 2 Feb 2011 16:31 | HealthAfter taking a small dose of inorganic nitrate for three days, healthy people consume less oxygen while riding an exercise bike. A new study in the February issue of Cell Metabolism…
Looking good on greens
— 12 Jan 2011 17:40 | HealthNew research suggests eating vegetables gives you a healthy tan. The study, led by Dr Ian Stephen at The University of Nottingham, showed that eating a healthy diet rich in fruit and…
Sticking to dietary recommendations would save 33,000 lives a year in the UK
— 16 Dec 2010 17:01 | HealthIf everyone in the UK ate their 'five a day,' and cut their dietary salt and unhealthy fat intake to recommended levels, 33,000 deaths could be prevented or delayed every year, reveals…
Mothers' diets have biggest influence on children eating healthy
— 15 Dec 2010 18:05 | HealthAs health professionals search for ways to combat the rise in obesity and promote healthy eating, new research reveals a mother's own eating habits - and whether she views her child…
High alpha-carotene levels associated with longer life
— 23 Nov 2010 18:02 | HealthHigh blood levels of the antioxidant alpha-carotene appear to be associated with a reduced risk of dying over a 14-year period, according to a report posted online today that will be…
Eating a variety of fruit cuts lung cancer risk
— 20 Nov 2010 10:40 | HealthEating five portions of fruit and vegetables per day is one of the means that experts most frequently recommend for preventing cancer. Now, the European EPIC study carried out by researchers…
Detroit's urban farms could provide a majority of produce for local residents
— 17 Nov 2010 10:15 | EnvironmentTransforming vacant urban lots into farms and community gardens could provide Detroit residents with a majority of their fruits and vegetables…
Chefs can create reduced-calorie restaurant foods
— 6 Nov 2010 16:30 | HealthRestaurants could play an important role in helping to reduce the growing obesity epidemic by creating reduced-calorie meals, according to Penn State researchers…
Consuming vegetables linked to decreased breast cancer risk in African-American women
— 13 Oct 2010 16:09 | HealthInvestigators from the Slone Epidemiology Centre at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have reported that African American women who consume more vegetables are less likely…