College students are more likely to snack on fresh fruits and vegetables when these healthy options are placed where they can easily reach them, a new study suggests.

Students also ate more fruit when it was made clearly visible to them, according to the report recently released online in the journal Environment and Behavior.

For the study, Gregory Privitera, an assistant professor of psychology at St. Bonaventure University in New York, and Heather Creary, an undergraduate student there, recruited 96 college students and offered them fruits and vegetables. Apple slices and baby-cut carrots were put in either clear or opaque bowls and placed on tables that were close to the participants or on a table about 6.5 feet away.

The students were left alone with the food for 10 minutes. During that time, the study revealed, they were more likely to eat the fruits and vegetables when they were placed close to them. Making the food more visible made the students eat more apples, but not carrots. The researchers suggested that the fact that fruit is sweeter may have spurred more motivation to eat the apples.

"Apples, but not carrots, have sugar, which is known to stimulate brain reward regions that induce a 'wanting' for foods that contain sugar," the study authors explained in a journal news release. "Hence, apple slices may be more visually appealing than carrots."

The findings could offer colleges and universities ideas on how to improve the layout of their dining halls to promote healthy eating among students.

"Many dining facilities on college campuses are structured in a buffet," the researchers noted. Placing healthy foods closest to seating areas or entrances and visible, such as in open containers at the front of the buffet, could increase intake of these foods among college students, they said.

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Only 10 percent of the fruits and vegetables sold in the markets in Romania are taxed, and most of those selling them in the market are not agricultural producers, according to the existing Agriculture Minister Stelian Fuia.

Those who sell in the market have permits from their city halls saying they are producers, even if they are not. City Halls should check whether the so-called producers have agricultural land and actually produce, according to Fuia.

But for most farmers, the system makes it easier to sell out of their ‘car trunks’ without paying the VAT. Even for imported fruits and vegetables, the level of evasion reaches 80 percent. “All the controls are made at the EU entry and those who control are Bulgarian border officers. After this, the goods circulate freely in the EU,” said Fuia.

Even so, the price of food products almost doubles from producer to the supermarket shelves. Local producers don’t have any protection when the sell season products, while the same products are also imported.

Local producers have to understand that the key is to create associations, so that they get better access to supermarket chains, the Agriculture Minister explained.

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Want to stay healthy - then place fruits in a clear bowl within arm's reach, so that you could help yourself whenever you felt the urge to eat. The new study says that when fruits are within reach, people are more likely to eat them. Greater visibility of fruit increases their intake, but the same does not hold true for vegetables.

Researchers Gregory J. Privitera and Heather E. Creary, both from St. Bonaventure University, Olean, US, tested a total of 96 college students by placing apple slices and carrot cuts in either clear or opaque bowls at a table close at arms' length or at a table two metres away.

Participants watched as the food was taken out of its packaging and were told that they were welcome to eat it, the journal Environment and Behaviour reports. After leaving the students alone with the food for 10 minutes, the researchers found that when apples and carrots were left close to the participants, those healthy foods were more likely to be eaten, according to St Bonaventure statement.

Interestingly, making the food more visible to participants by placing them in clear bowls increased the intake of the apples but not the carrots. The researchers said this might be due to the fact that fruit is sweeter and may induce more motivation to eat than bitter-tasting vegetables.

"Apples, but not carrots, have sugar, which is known to stimulate brain reward regions that induce a 'wanting' for foods that contain sugar," the authors wrote. "Hence, apple slices may be more visually appealing than carrots."

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Want to stay healthy - then place fruits in a clear bowl within arm’s reach, so that you could help yourself whenever you felt the urge to eat.

The new study says that when fruits are within reach, people are more likely to eat them. Greater visibility of fruit increases their intake, but the same does not hold true for vegetables.

Researchers Gregory J. Privitera and Heather E. Creary, both from St. Bonaventure University, Olean, U.S., tested a total of 96 college students by placing apple slices and carrot cuts in either clear or opaque bowls at a table close at arms’ length or at a table two metres away.

Participants watched as the food was taken out of its packaging and were told that they were welcome to eat it, the journal Environment and Behaviour reports.

After leaving the students alone with the food for 10 minutes, the researchers found that when apples and carrots were left close to the participants, those healthy foods were more likely to be eaten, according to St. Bonaventure statement.

Interestingly, making the food more visible to participants by placing them in clear bowls increased the intake of the apples but not the carrots. The researchers said this might be due to the fact that fruit is sweeter and may induce more motivation to eat than bitter-tasting vegetables.

“Apples, but not carrots, have sugar, which is known to stimulate brain reward regions that induce a ‘wanting’ for foods that contain sugar,” the authors wrote. “Hence, apple slices may be more visually appealing than carrots.”

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It has been recently revealed in a report that fruits are better than fruit juices. This has been revealed according to a new research which is of the view that the whole fruit tends to provide better nutrition to the person ad tends to help in increasing the metabolism rates as well. This is better than fruit juices, which tend to give only partial nutrition and will help one better if they are trying to lose weight, or fight illnesses or simply maintain general body wellness.

What is further is that these days fruit juices, the packed ones are full of calories and preservatives and oodles of sugar in them. This is why they are no longer a healthy option for people who want to maintain a healthy body weight or lose their excess pounds. One needs to go either for fresh juice which is taken out right in front of their eyes, or fresh whole fruits.

There is need for the right message to be given across to the children. If they are given too much fruit juice, they shall simply be addicted to the sweet taste of it, which comes as a result of the sweeteners used in it. Rather they need to be taught how to eat whole fruits, because they have enough nutrition as well as fibre in it. This tends to help one’s metabolism rates go higher and prevent dysfunction of the digestive system. This shall in turn tend to help in making the kids absolutely fit and help to keep health issues away from them.

"Like soft drinks, sugar-sweetened fruit drinks ... tend to offer little in the way of nutrients. Children are much better off with a piece of fruit and water”, said Ms. Just from the research team.

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Pomegranates have become the poster fruit for healthy eating and not without reason - they're beautiful, delicious and full of vitamins. Here are some fun pomegranate facts and creative ways to prep this luscious fruit.

The name comes from the Latin words pomum granatum, which literally means "seeded apple". It's the oldest known fruit; experts trace its origins back to northern India and Iran. The Spanish conquistadors brought the pomegranate to America in the early 1500s.

The seeds are what you want from this succulent fruit. After you open one, you'll find hundreds of them packed into little compartments that are separated by bitter-tasting, whitish membranes. Each seed is surrounded by a transparent red pulp that is sweet yet tart - that's the tasty stuff.

All the press has gone to pomegranate juice, but nothing can replace the real deal. Half of a pomegranate (the equivalent of two servings of fruit) contains 117 calories (490kj), 26.5 grams of carbs and 5.5gm of fibre. This red beauty is also an excellent source of vitamin C , vitamin K, folate and potassium and a good source of numerous energy-boosting B vitamins and phosphorus. But wait, there's more! This exotic fruit is jam-packed with polyphenols, antioxidants linked to the prevention of heart disease and cancer.

Opening a fresh pomegranate takes some practice. Slice the fruit in half and pry out the seeds with your hands or slice the crown end off and slit the rind vertically in several places from top to bottom. Then, place the fruit in a bowl of water, and break the sections apart. The seeds will sink to the bottom while the rind and membrane will float. Collect the seeds in a colander, and drain off the excess water.

Use a food processor to turn the seeds into fresh pomegranate juice. Don't forget to strain the results through a fine mesh sieve to catch stray seeds. You can store the juice in the freezer for up to a month.
Shopping tip: Look for fruits with shiny, smooth skins that are heavy for their size, brightly coloured and free of blemishes. Unopened, pomegranates will last in the fridge for up to two months, or store them in a cool, dark place for a month. You can keep seeds in the refrigerator for about three days or freeze them for up to six months.

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Fruit very tasty and we give vitamins though when we consume them. There are many minerals and fiber in all fruits and give us a good digestion and a meal high in calories per day. And some of the following fruits are fat free in nature - they are coconut, avocado, olives etc Fruits hold chemicals that are composed of minerals and some phytoacids and are useful for reducing chronic disease to humans human factors such as diabetes, cancer and heart disease etc. Most fruits contain antioxidants such as resources and causes skin diseases, etc.

Apple fruit is most popular, delicious and healthy fruit for fitness for all. Apple fruits contain antioxidants that help prevent disease and increases the resistance power. Apple fruit is used in many ways such as juices, pies, salads, cakes, breads and desserts.

Mango is scientifically called "Mangifera Indica" and also called as king of all fruits. Mango is rich and popular high nutritious, delicious with great flavor and unique taste and color qualities with the promotion of good health. Generally speaking Mango Fruit has rich and superior qualities among all fruits.

Mango belongs to the family and Anacrdiaceae fibrous plant is a tropical flower and belongs to the Himalayan region of Indian subcontinent. Fruits photos can be downloaded or copied only raw fruit, ripe fruit or in association with plants and flowers or fruit alone. Most users search for photos fruit giving their names or giving their name or the name of plants. Fruits are mainly divided into three groups such as fruits simple, comprehensive, and composite.

Simple fleshy fruits are dry and sometimes with single or multiple in nature when it matures with a flower. Examples of simple fruits are: brazil nuts, corn, coconut and nuts, beans, peas or nuts peas, carrots and fruits maple, fruit etc. aggregate products from multiple carpels of a single flower and are separated from each other. Examples are aggregated for fruit raspberry, blackberry, strawberry and fruit so many are trained from a bouquet of flowers and each flower has each fruit with a single mass. The best examples for many fruits are orange, fig, pineapple, blackberry, etc.

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The mango is considered to be the king of fruits but the elusive Alphonso mango from India is considered the king of mangoes. Their name derives from the second Portuguese governor of India, Alfonso de Albuquerque, a 16th century naval officer who had a passion for the fruit that has grown on the Indian sub-continent for thousands of years.

They are believed to have originated in East India, Burma and the Andaman Islands bordering the Bay of Bengal. It was in the 5th century BC that Buddhist monks first took the fruit to Malaysia and eastern Asia and from there traders from Persia took the trees to the Middle East and Africa.

The Portuguese seeded the fruit in Brazil and the West Indies and in the 1830’s Alphonso mango cultivars arrived in Florida and California, but stil,l to this day the most venerated variety comes from the Konkan region of Maharashtra, India.

More than 1000 varieties of the fruit are now grown the world over but India remains the leading producer of Alphonso followed by Mexico and China.  It is also grown in Pakistan, Indonesia, Thailand, Nigeria, Brazil, the Philippines and Haiti.

Yet although Aphonso exports account for nearly 60% of the mango export trade from India, they are difficult to find in British outlets and are never found in supermarkets. Unlike other varieties of mango more commonly found in supermarkets the Alphonso has a very delicate skin and is more easily affected by weather conditions and disease.  It also tends to have a shorter shelf life.

Last year 80% of India’s crop was destroyed as a prolonged winter gave way to scorching summer heat which killed off the flowers and fruit.  The mango needs temperatures in the 30-36 degrees centigrade range for the fruit to mature after the trees flower in November and December.  But last year temperatures soared to 41 degrees by the beginning of April.  An early rainy season further damaged the crop.

The subsequent relative scarcity of good quality fruit pushed up the price last year and the market is still recovering. Heavy rains during the Thane cyclone in December 2011 have delayed the blossoming of mangoes this year and has led to a low yield and the late arrival of the fruits this season.

In India watermelons, limes and grapes are going some way to compensate fruit growers for the arrival of fewer mangoes this year. The current world market is dominated by the cultivar Tommy Atkins, a variety that first fruited in 1940 in Florida, and the Tommy Atkins accounts for 80% of mangoes in British supermarkets.

Despite its fibrous flesh and inferior taste mango growers and retailers have embraced the cultivar for its productivity, resistance to disease, shelf life, transportability and size. And so, in search of the king of mangoes, I went to Manchester’s Curry Mile in Rusholme.  Curry Mile is a mile-long stretch of predominantly Asian shops selling all things Asian.

Mr Ravi has been selling mangoes for the past 30 years from his shop Ravi Food Store on Wilmslow Road, Manchester, and says that mangoes are now more popular in Britain among the general population, regardless of their origins, but Alphonso, in season, are the most popular, followed by the Chaunsa from Pakistan.

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The city is reeling under scorching heat and the usual April showers are nowhere in sight. As the summer sun broils one and all mercilessly, one would imagine that vendors would be reporting good returns on their investments by selling mouth-watering watermelons.

Strangely, the vendors complain business has been dull over the past fortnight. Many have also reported losses as the quality of the fruit deteriorates due to extreme heat. Adding to their woes, many say customers have moved to mangoes, despite high prices and limited arrivals.

Farooq Ali, a roadside vendor, said: “I am hardly selling 15 plates (of watermelon) a day now. At the start of summer, business was good as I was selling around 60 plates a day.”

PRICE IS HIGH TOO
According to fruit vendors, the rate of watermelons increased by a couple of rupees a kg this year compared to last year as drought has affected the harvest. While the smaller Kiran variety is being sold for around Rs. 18 a kg this year, the big striped watermelons are around Rs. 15 a kg.

Concurring with the views of Mr. Farooq, a salesperson at the HOPCOMS outlet at Vyalikaval said that though the prices of watermelons had remained stable for most of the month, sales had declined drastically.

He also agreed that the quality of watermelons in the market was coming down. “With the arrival of mangoes, sales of grapes, watermelons and oranges, which are nearing the end of the season, have declined.”

Traders at Russell Market and Johnson Market also had a similar tale to tell. They said customers were moving to mangoes at the cost of watermelons.

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In the modern day where one and all are becoming calorie conscious, people are turning towards packaged fruit juices and health drinks. They feel content having these drinks, thinking they are doing well to their health. The fact is, however, that these so called health drinks are contributing towards making one fat. They are so full of added preservatives and calories, that they can make a person even fatter than they were earlier.

This was revealed according to a research done by a team from the Glasgow University. They are of the view that people are doing the wrong thing by turning towards packaged drinks as healthy substitutes. There is a whole lot of sugar content found in fruits, and one needs to now and be able to choose the right sort of calories for themselves.

It was revealed by Naveed Sattar, a Professor of metabolic medicine at the University of Glasgow, that there are many people who believe that fruit juices are very healthy and his is why they tend to have lots of them. Weight issues are usually the most commonly suffered ones and people battling overweight think they can reduce weight by drinking lot of healthy fruit drinks.

“For people who are fit and healthy, it is fine, but for people who are struggling with their weight it may be a factor. This survey shows that people underestimate by a large amount the amount of sugar in fruit juice”, he said further.

There is need for more awareness to be spread among people so that they understand that they need to choose the natural fruit options over packaged juices. It is essential because natural fruits tend to give the body enough amount of roughage as well, which in turn helps in supplying the nutrition needs of the body, and helping it in losing excess weight.

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