Search Results for 'Veggies'

For Healthier Eating, Keep Fruits, Veggies within Reach

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 the [...]

Posted On : May, 09 2012 | Comments : 0

Fruits, veggies give skin healthy glow

Researchers at the University of St Andrews in Scotland have brought a new motivation especially to women to allocate a larger share of their daily diet to veggies and fruits. According to their article published in the American Journal o [...]

Posted On : Mar, 12 2012 | Comments : 0

How fruit and veggies could make you more attractive

Even a few weeks of eating fruits and vegetables may give your skin a healthy glow and make you look cuter, a new study has suggested. Scientists at St Andrews University monitored the food consumption of 35 people and clicked their pictu [...]

Posted On : Mar, 09 2012 | Comments : 0

How to get your kids to eat more fruits and veggies?

More and more, scientific research shows that eating at least two fruits and three vegetables per day can have a strong, positive effect on people’s health. Nutrients found in plant foods can help to prevent or in some cases, even t [...]

Posted On : Feb, 15 2012 | Comments : 0

Fruit and veggies may help ward off colon cancer

A vital nutrient found in fruits and vegetables could help protect against colon cancer, which is the second most frequent cause of cancer-related deaths in the western world. Luteolin is a flavonoid commonly found in fruit and vegetables [...]

Posted On : Jan, 23 2012 | Comments : 0

Residents of North Charleston's poorest neighborhoods have e...

When Clay Hampton swings a hoe in his garden, he can hear the roar of trucks passing by on Spruill Avenue and see his neighbors riding bikes down to the corner convenience store. He grew up working in his mother's garden on James Isla [...]

Posted On : Dec, 14 2011 | Comments : 0

Eating fruits, veggies may lower stroke risk

Eating plenty of fruits, vegetables and whole grains that are rich in antioxidants may help reduce a woman's risk of stroke, even if she has a history of heart disease, a new study suggests. It's thought that antioxidants may h [...]

Posted On : Dec, 03 2011 | Comments : 0

More fruits and veggies don`t help lung disease

Adding extra daily servings of fruits and vegetables didn`t improve lung function or other markers of lung health in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in a new study from Northern Ireland. The lung disease, which [...]

Posted On : Dec, 01 2011 | Comments : 0

U.S. teens don't eat enough fruits and veggies: CDC

U.S. high school students still aren't eating enough fruits and vegetables, according to a new study by U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention researchers. The investigators analyzed data from nearly 10,800 students in grades [...]

Posted On : Nov, 28 2011 | Comments : 0

Local fruits and veggies abound in the Caribbean

They might be expensive. They might be hit-or-miss in availability. They definitely won’t be all in one place. Yet, as Judith Michailiuk, a former freelance charter chef who has worked on sail and power yachts from 50- to 170-feet, [...]

Posted On : Nov, 22 2011 | Comments : 0

Eat your fruits and veggies

They say an apple a day keeps the doctor away, so what better time to develop a love of fresh fruits and vegetables than early in life? E. K. Powe and Y. E. Smith elementary schools have been chosen again to participate in the United S [...]

Posted On : Aug, 08 2011 | Comments : 0

USDA funds more fruits and veggies for school kids

The $48 million increase in funding for the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program represents a 40 percent increase since the last fiscal year. "Improving the health and nutrition of our kids is a national imperative and by providing sch [...]

Posted On : Mar, 24 2011 | Comments : 0

Contaminants in veggies: Delhi HC orders surprise checks on ...

In what may not be a pleasant development for the health conscious people, reports on Thursday claimed that vegetables and fruits available in the Delhi wholesale market are contaminated with toxic chemicals capable of causing serious he [...]

Posted On : Mar, 10 2011 | Comments : 0

Daily fruit, veggies cuts risk of heart disease death

Eating more fruits and vegetables may reduce your risk of dying from heart disease. Ischaemic heart disease (IHD) is characterised by reduced blood supply to the heart; people suffering from it can develop angina, chest pains and have a [...]