Why I like it: This is
another vegetable with a high concentration of beta - carotene and Vitamin A.
Not exact matches
New research from the University of Copenhagen and Herlev and Gentofte Hospital shows that
high vitamin C
concentrations in the blood from the intake of fruit and
vegetables are associated
with a reduced risk of cardiovascular disease and early death.
The total content of phenols is increased even more when the phenolic content of the raw
vegetable is
high and olive oil is used in the process,
with boiling not affecting the final
concentration.
Whole - grain products,
vegetables, and fruit rank among the foods
with high concentrations of antioxidants (30).
These results suggest that it may be a good idea to add more fruits and
vegetables rich in lycopene - like tomato, guava, and papaya - to a healthy diet, since
higher serum lycopene
concentrations are related to a decreased risk of mortality among individuals
with metabolic syndrome.
The other migraine - promoting factor are foods made
with vegetable oils, which are not triggers per se, but
vegetable oils do make your brain more susceptible to all the other triggers, including stress, and are present in
high concentration in junk foods, restaurant foods, desserts, cakes and other indulgence foods.
Obarzanek and coworkers (2001) showed that increasing Dietary Fiber intake from 11 to 30 g / d as a result of increased consumption of fruits,
vegetables, and whole grains prevented a rise in plasma triacylglycerol
concentrations in those fed a low fat diet, especially in those individuals
with initially
high concentrations.
We therefore continue to recommend enjoyment of all WHFoods fruits and
vegetables as worthwhile contributors to calcium intake, including those
with higher oxalate
concentrations.