Author: Cesarettin Alasalvar Publisher: CRC Press ISBN: 1351700529 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 357
Book Description
Nuts and dried fruits are part of our daily diet. They are consumed whole or as ingredients of many food products such as muffins, cereals, chocolates, energy bars, breads, and cookies, among others. Health Benefits of Nuts and Dried Fruits provides a comprehensive overview of the literature on the health benefits of nuts and dried fruits. The book summarizes the current state of knowledge in key research areas and provides ideas for future scientific research and product development. Nuts, a term that comprises tree nuts and peanuts, are highly nutritious, containing health-promoting macronutrients, micronutrients, vitamins, and bioactive phytochemicals; they are one of the edible foods with the highest content in antioxidants. The consumption of nuts is recognized for its health-promoting properties, which ranges from a consistent cholesterol-lowering effect in clinical trials to a robust association with reduced risk of cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality in prospective studies. In spite of the high energy content of nuts, there is no evidence that their frequent consumption promotes obesity, and they may even help control it. Dried fruits, which serve as important healthful snacks worldwide, are nutritionally equivalent to fresh fruits while providing all of their bioactive components in concentrated form. While the evidence level concerning the health effects of dried fruits lags behind that on nuts, it suggests that individuals who consume dried fruits regularly have a lower risk of cardiovascular disease, obesity, and other non-communicable diseases. Main features of the book concerning nuts and dried fruits: • Provides detailed information on health effects • Highlights current regulation and health claims • Provides updated dietary recommendations • Describes nutrient absorption and metabolism • Discusses mechanisms implicated in the health effects Although this book is intended primarily as a reference, by comprehensively reviewing the current state of knowledge it can guide future research on the topic. Among others, food scientists, biochemists, nutritionists, health professionals, decision makers, and regulatory agencies can draw much benefit from its contents. Hopefully, it will help in public health strategies to promote healthy aging and improve population wellbeing.
Author: Tracy Edwards-Wright Publisher: Lulu.com ISBN: 1105748499 Category : Family & Relationships Languages : en Pages : 59
Book Description
A nut is a hard-shelled indehiscent fruit of some plants. Researchers believe that people who consume nuts regularly are less likely to suffer from coronary heart disease. One study found that people who eat nuts live two or three years longer than those who do not. Also, people who eat nuts usually tend to eat less junk food. Many nuts are good sources of Vitamin E and Vitamin B, and are rich in protein, folate, fiber, and essential minerals such as magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, copper, and selenium. Nuts are most healthy when eaten raw. The following nuts are included in this volume: almonds, Brazil nuts, cashews, chestnuts, coconuts, hazelnuts, macadamia nuts, peanuts, pecans, pistachios, and walnuts.
Author: Cesarettin Alasalvar Publisher: CRC Press ISBN: 1351700537 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 530
Book Description
Nuts and dried fruits are part of our daily diet. They are consumed whole or as ingredients of many food products such as muffins, cereals, chocolates, energy bars, breads, and cookies, among others. Health Benefits of Nuts and Dried Fruits provides a comprehensive overview of the literature on the health benefits of nuts and dried fruits. The book summarizes the current state of knowledge in key research areas and provides ideas for future scientific research and product development. Nuts, a term that comprises tree nuts and peanuts, are highly nutritious, containing health-promoting macronutrients, micronutrients, vitamins, and bioactive phytochemicals; they are one of the edible foods with the highest content in antioxidants. The consumption of nuts is recognized for its health-promoting properties, which ranges from a consistent cholesterol-lowering effect in clinical trials to a robust association with reduced risk of cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality in prospective studies. In spite of the high energy content of nuts, there is no evidence that their frequent consumption promotes obesity, and they may even help control it. Dried fruits, which serve as important healthful snacks worldwide, are nutritionally equivalent to fresh fruits while providing all of their bioactive components in concentrated form. While the evidence level concerning the health effects of dried fruits lags behind that on nuts, it suggests that individuals who consume dried fruits regularly have a lower risk of cardiovascular disease, obesity, and other non-communicable diseases. Main features of the book concerning nuts and dried fruits: • Provides detailed information on health effects • Highlights current regulation and health claims • Provides updated dietary recommendations • Describes nutrient absorption and metabolism • Discusses mechanisms implicated in the health effects Although this book is intended primarily as a reference, by comprehensively reviewing the current state of knowledge it can guide future research on the topic. Among others, food scientists, biochemists, nutritionists, health professionals, decision makers, and regulatory agencies can draw much benefit from its contents. Hopefully, it will help in public health strategies to promote healthy aging and improve population wellbeing.
Author: Gulzar Ahmad Nayik Publisher: Springer Nature ISBN: 9811574707 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 569
Book Description
This book covers the nutritional and nutraceutical profiles of a wide range of popularly consumed vegetables and nuts. The first half of the book focuses on popular vegetables, and describes how higher vegetable consumption reduces the risk of diseases ranging from diabetes to osteoporosis, diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, cardiovascular diseases, autoimmune diseases and cancer. The book also includes an interesting section on the antioxidant potential of mushrooms. In turn, the second half discusses the nutritional value of various nuts. Nuts are nutrient-dense foods with complex matrices rich in unsaturated fats, high-quality protein, fiber, minerals, tocopherols, phytosterols and phenolics. The respective chapters illustrate how the consumption of nuts could ward off chronic diseases like hypertension, cancer, inflammation, oxidative stress, high blood pressure, coronary heart disease etc. In order to effectively promote vegetable and nut consumption, it is necessary to know and understand the nutritional and nutraceutical profiles of vegetables & nuts. Given its scope, the book will be of interest to students, researchers, food scientists, olericulturists, dietitians and agricultural scientists alike. Those working in the vegetable and nut processing industries, horticultural departments and other agricultural departments will also find the comprehensive information relevant to their work.
Author: Allyson Levy Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing ISBN: 1645020460 Category : Gardening Languages : en Pages : 384
Book Description
*2023 GardenComm Media Awards Silver Laurel Medal of Achievement The easy-to-use resource for growing healthy, resilient, low-maintenance trees, shrubs, vines, and other fruiting plants from around the world—perfect for farmers, gardeners, and landscapers at every scale. Illustrated with more than 200 color photographs and covering 50 productive edible crops—from Arctic kiwi to jujube, medlar to heartnut—this is the go-to guide for growers interested in creating diversity in their growing spaces. "[Levy and Serrano] go way beyond the standard fare. . . . With their help, you’ll be growing persimmons, currants and hazelnuts in no time."—Modern Farmer Cold-Hardy Fruits and Nuts is a one-stop compendium of the most productive, edible fruit-and nut-bearing crops that push the boundaries of what can survive winters in cold-temperate growing regions. While most nurseries and guidebooks feature plants that are riddled with pest problems (such as apples and peaches), veteran growers and founders of the Hortus Arboretum and Botanical Gardens, Allyson Levy and Scott Serrano, focus on both common and unfamiliar fruits that have few, if any, pest or disease problems and an overall higher level of resilience. Inside Cold-Hardy Fruits and Nuts you’ll find: Taste profiles for all fifty hardy fruits and nuts, with notes on harvesting and uses Plant descriptions and natural histories Recommended cultivars, both new and classic Propagation methods for increasing plants Nut profiles including almonds, chestnuts, walnuts, and pecans Fertilization needs and soil/site requirements And much more! With beautiful and instructive color photographs throughout, the book is also full of concise, clearly written botanical and cultural information based on the authors’ years of growing experience. The fifty fruits and nuts featured provide a nice balance of the familiar and the exotic: from almonds and pecans to more unexpected fruits like maypop and Himalayan chocolate berry. Cold-Hardy Fruits and Nuts gives adventurous gardeners all they need to get growing. Both experienced and novice gardeners who are interested in creating a sustainable landscape with a greater diversity of plant life—while also providing healthy foods—will find this book an invaluable resource.
Author: Christopher Crennen Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub ISBN: 9781483933887 Category : Health & Fitness Languages : en Pages : 56
Book Description
Would you like a quick and convenient way to eat a healthy diet? This short book describes in detail the daily diet that the author follows, a diet that is quick and convenient, affordable, delicious, satisfying and healthy. QUICK AND CONVENIENT The book sets forth a diet that relies heavily on frozen vegetables and a microwave oven. Radically simple recipes (requiring only a few minutes to assemble, heat and clean up) are provided for each daily meal. The goal is to make healthy, high-nutrient meals as quick and easy to prepare and clean up as preparing a TV dinner or picking up a bucket of fried chicken. Convenience is critical. Industrialized countries have witnessed an explosion of unhealthy convenience foods and fast food restaurants over the last several decades. The trend is projected to continue in spite of the poor nutritional quality of much of the food. As the Cleveland Clinic says on its website: "Most convenience foods on the market today are laden with saturated fat, sodium and sugar and provide little to no nutritional value." For busy people who don't want to spend time preparing food, fast food may seem like the only practical alternative. This book offers a better alternative. Two great inventions, frozen vegetables and microwave ovens, make a diet that is both healthy and convenient possible. Frozen vegetables preserve nutrients, taste and texture without the use of chemical preservatives. The vegetables are already washed and cut, greatly simplifying preparation and reducing preparation time. Frozen vegetables are those rare convenience foods that are also health foods. AFFORDABLE A shopping list of foods (with store names, brand names, package sizes and prices) is provided. The prices of the foods on the author's diet were compared at the four largest U.S. food retailers (Wal-Mart, Kroger, Costco and Safeway) in 2013 in Denver. The cost of the diet the author follows is quite reasonable, about $7.00 per day. DELICIOUS The daily diet includes nuts (almonds, walnut), vegetables (many frozen), fruit (apples, bananas, berries, oranges and raisins), beans and other foods (oatmeal, vegetable juice, coffee, tea...). For variety, dozens of delicious, whole foods are suggested as substitutions or additions to the diet. SATISFYING Many processed foods are stripped of nutrients and fiber, and have oil and sweeteners added. These foods may cause a roller-coaster of high and low blood sugars, resulting in hunger, obesity and type 2 diabetes. The book recommends high-fiber, whole foods that fill you up and keep you satisfied until the next meal, a satisfying diet that can be followed for life. HEALTHY The book discusses the diseases most likely to kill us and summarizes some of the major food studies (the Adventist health studies, the China Project, the World Health Organization diet nutrition report, the World Cancer Research Fund and others) that recommend foods to eat and avoid to prevent heart disease, stroke, certain cancers, dementia, diabetes, obesity and other diseases. Fortunately, many diseases can be prevented or even reversed with a healthy diet. MOTIVATION The threads of habit are too light to be felt until they are too strong to be broken. Knowing an easy way to eat a healthy diet is only part of the battle. The final section of the book provides ways to stay motivated to follow a healthy diet until it becomes automatic and habitual. Online videos, DVDs, readings and other strategies provide powerful reinforcement of the benefits of a healthy diet.
Author: Venketeshwer Rao Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand ISBN: 1789851920 Category : Health & Fitness Languages : en Pages : 148
Book Description
Nuts, including peanuts, have always been an important part of the human diet. They are nutrient-dense food products containing health-friendly lipids, beneficial phytonutrients, and other essential vitamins and minerals. Basic, clinical, and epidemiological research is now being directed towards understanding the mechanisms by which nuts influence human health and developing dietary guidelines for their optimum consumption. Research is also being directed towards the issues of fungal contamination of nuts, associated risks to human health, and methods of minimizing such risks. This book addresses these topics in chapters written by international experts in the field.
Author: Susanna Lyle Publisher: ISBN: Category : Fruit Languages : en Pages : 488
Book Description
This extensively researched A-Z guide is a vital reference to 300 temperate and subtropical food-producing plants from around the world. It includes a table of plants for different garden situations, with emphasis on the nutritional and health benefits of the fruit or nut described. Find out more at www.growhealthy.net.
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