3) Disease - suppressive soils: The use of disease - suppressive soils involves management practices that encourage crop - associated microbial communities that naturally
reduce plant diseases and pests.
Not exact matches
«We could feed more people,
reduce the scourge of
plant diseases, minimize the water used in agriculture... the possibilities are really exciting for anyone interested in the environment, sustainability, the future of food and open agriculture.»
* Diets rich in whole grains and other
plant foods and low in saturated fat and cholesterol may
reduce the risk of heart
disease.
A
plant - rich diet has numerous health benefits including lower blood cholesterol,
reduced risk of heart
disease and stroke, lower blood pressure, and a decreased risk of type 2 diabetes.
Plant - based foods have long been associated with a
reduced risk of many adverse health conditions, including obesity, diabetes, heart
disease, and overall mortality.
Chia seeds are an amazing source of
plant - based fat, and are especially high in Omega 3 fatty acids which
reduce inflammation and may help lower risk of heart
disease, cancer, and arthritis.
You can also look for the following FDA - approved health claim on the package: «Diets rich in whole grain foods and other
plant foods, and low in total fat, saturated fat and cholesterol, may
reduce the risk of heart
disease and certain cancers.»
This gluten - free grain contains beneficial
plant compounds that act as antioxidants to
reduce oxidative stress and lower the risk of chronic
disease (4).
The win / win benefits to not only the environment but also health care — with
plant - based diets known to
reduce heart
disease, diabetes, several types of cancer, and obesity (currently at a shocking 23 per cent, with 60 per cent of Canadians overweight)-- make this negligence incomprehensible.»
I believe that a
plant based diet
reduces inflammation in the body which can be the cause of serious
disease.
Study after study has shown that a mostly
plant - based diet rich in nutrients
reduces the risk of cancer, strokes, heart
disease, auto - immune
diseases, arthritis, diabetes and obesity just to name a few.
Plant derived fats (such as cacao butter) are thought to be beneficial in
reducing the risk of cardiovascular
diseases.
I do research on insect pest and
disease resistance and drought tolerance to develop rice
plants that are sturdy under unfavorable conditions so that their grain yield is not drastically
reduced.
Monitoring for pests and
diseases; monitoring water use;
planting cover crops; and
reducing tillage are all associated with significant cost savings.
According to that study, replacing animal proteins with
plant proteins can greatly
reduce the risks of coronary heart
disease.
Dr Washington Otieno, executive of the Plantwise programme at CABI explained how they provide «
plant doctors» to small holder farmers to
reduce crop losses and prevent further spread of
disease.
Rich in monounsaturated fats, almonds are a
plant - based fat that can help to lower cholesterol and
reduce risk of heart
disease.
Consumption of an Oil Composed of Medium Chain Triacyglycerols, Phytosterols, and N - 3 Fatty Acids Improves Cardiovascular Risk Profile in Overweight Women: Functional oil blend of medium chain triglycerides, Omega 3s (found in flaxseed and cod liver oils), and
plant sterols (found in hi - oleic sunflower oil) is effective in
reducing risk of cardiovascular
disease in women.
Consumption of a Functional Oil Rich in Phytosterols and Medium - Chain Triglyceride Oil Improves Plasma Lipid Profiles in Men: Functional oil blend of medium chain triglycerides, Omega 3s (found in flaxseed and cod liver oils), and
plant sterols (found in hi - oleic sunflower oil) is more effective than olive oil in
reducing risk of cardiovascular
disease in men.
Proper
plant spacing to provide adequate air movement around
plants helps
reduce disease severity.
However, my overarching thoughts are that moving towards a more
plant based diet makes complete sense for achieving positive health outcomes and
reducing disease risk, because it will likely result in a move away from less healthy options.
In fact, in addition to wanting to help animals, many people adopt a
plant - based diet to improve their health -
reducing their risk of stroke, diabetes, obesity, heart
disease and some forms of cancer.
Fruits and vegetables are rich in antioxidants,
plant sterols, phytochemicals, and potassium, which are all thought to
reduce the risk of heart
disease, an added benefit of a
plant - based diet!
Numerous studies have linked diets higher in
plant protein than animal protein to
reduced risk of heart
disease, cancer, and other health ailments.
Williams said, the long - term follow up allowed authors to examine dietary patterns and analyze the effect of gradual adherence to a
plant - based diet through
reduced animal food intake and increased
plant food intake on heart
disease risk.
This
plant pigment, which gives the tomato its red color, is also an antioxidant that has been linked in some studies to
reduced incidence of heart
disease and prostate cancer.
Clinical trials show that eaten regularly in sufficient quantities, the product's
plant stanol esters can
reduce the risk of heart
disease by lowering levels of potentially harmful, low - density lipoproteins.
A chemical found in
plants could
reduce the symptoms of a rare muscle
disease that leaves children with little or no control of their movements.
This is why it is important to eat whole
plant foods to get the benefit, instead of taking antioxidant or vitamin supplements (which have not been shown to
reduce disease risk).»
«One application of ASM before Peronospora belbahrii inoculation significantly
reduced disease severity, except for 2 - week - old basil when
plants are very susceptible to this
disease,» the researchers said.
«Mono - unsaturated fats from
plants, not animals may
reduce risk of death from heart
disease and other causes.»
«Self - pollination leads to reduction of genetic variability in the population, and this can be a problem for the
plants, because they have a
reduced ability to evolve resistance against
diseases.»
«
Plant - based diet may
reduce obese children's risk of heart
disease.»
Or CRISPR could be employed to
reduce or extirpate a population of rapidly reproducing
disease vectors or non-native organisms or aggressively invasive
plants and animals.
Multi-species cover crops add to the biological diversity of soils — and as diversity increases, the incidences of
plant diseases and pests are
reduced.
Fertilizer plays a key role in agriculture by increasing the production of staple crops, controlling fertility and
reducing the risk to
plants from pathogens and subsequent
plant diseases.
I read about how animal protein and dairy can be very difficult to digest and how other people had experienced a
plant - based diet
reducing the effects of chronic
disease, if not absolutely reversing it.
Lower rates of cardiovascular
disease, diabetes, cognitive decline, and even
reduced body weight and inflammation are associated with eating a whole - foods,
plant - based diet.
Focusing on a
plant - based, mineral - rich diet while managing stress and regular exercise is the key to lowering blood pressure and
reducing heart
disease risk.
My opinion is, that if you really want to be healthy, and
reduce your risk as much as possible to get sick from stroke, heart
disease, cancer, diabetes, inflammatory
disease etc, the solution is a low fat (meaning no processed oils), vegan diet (whole foods,
plant based), no processed s..
Studies dating back to the 1960s found a positive correlation between saturated fats and the risk of cardiovascular
disease; nutritional guidelines encouraged people to
reduce saturated fats (mostly found in meat and dairy products) and instead increase polyunsaturated fats found in
plant oils, such as soybean oil.
A healthy,
plant based diet, filled with a variety of whole grains, vegetables, fruits, beans, nuts, seeds, herbs, and spices, and with
reduced added sugar is the basis of defense against chronic
disease.
Everything that you see that's a supplement now that's actually for
reducing your diabetes, or natural medicine for reversing your heart
disease, or even treatment of the cancer via whatever mechanism that might be out there because of the hundreds of mechanisms that they work on, all come from
plants.»
«But modifying the fat in our food, by replacing some of the saturated or animal fats with
plant oils and unsaturated spreads, may
reduce the risk of heart and vascular
disease.»
An exhaustive look at the literature reveals something very important — eating a low - fat,
plant - based, whole - food diet containing cholesterol lowering foods not only
reduces your LDL cholesterol level, but can drop your heart
disease risk to effectively zero (28 — 31).
Many terpenes and volatile chemicals released by
plants appear to
reduce all of these cellular pathways, promoting less inflammation, and hopefully less
diseases like cancer.
The committee used material from Diet for a Small Planet, along with research on vegetarian diets, to argue that a shift to
plant - based protein could
reduce intake of calories, cholesterol and saturated fat, as well as
reduce blood pressure, risk of cancer, use of natural resources, and food costs.16 This message gave official sanction to the romantic notion that a
plant - based diet could not only prevent chronic
disease, but feed the hungry and save the planet.
They claim that by adding more
plant - based nutrition, you'll be able to potentially
reduce the possibility of chronic
diseases.
Does a
plant - based diet
reduce risk of Parkinson's
disease?
So with even small increases in animal products and with the
plant nutrition
reduced, it seems only logical that the
diseases of affluence would be beginning to take hold.