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NEWS:
Confused by organic labels? Here's a 101
DASH Diet Improves Insulin Sensitivity as Well as Hypertension
Diet May Lower Cholesterol as Much as Statins
Fight Over Food Pyramid Flares
Food fights: common good versus individual interests
Food Guide Pyramid May Be Going Away
Lots of labels, little clarity on niche foods
More good news about the Mediterranean diet
Omega-3 Foods Can Put Benefits on Label, FDA Says
Panel Advises More Vegetable Consumption
Remember This: Berries Good For Your Memory
Study: Americans Don't Eat Enough Produce
Study: Junk about one-third of U.S. diet
Trans Fat Now Listed With Saturated Fat and Cholesterol on the Nutrition Facts Label
Understanding trans fat on food labels
US government rejects WHO's attempts to improve diet
We Should All Eat Like A Mediterranean
ARTICLES:
Apples May Improve Cholesterol
Avoiding Pesky Produce Pesticides
Be Heart Smart! Eat Foods Lower in Saturated Fat and Cholesterol
Be Heart Smart! Eat Foods Lower in Saturated Fat and Cholesterol (pdf)
Doing the DASH: Taking the guesswork out of healthy eating
Extra-Virgin Olive Oil: Does It Have More Health Benefits?
Health claims for functional foods
NGC-Nutritional management in long-term care: development of a clinical guideline.
Nuts and Seeds: Core Ingredients of a Healthy Diet
Questions and Answers About the New Food Label: Saturated Fat, Trans Fat, and Cholesterol
Vegetarian Diet: A Healthy Alternative
What is the nutrient composition of an individual food?
JOURNAL ARTICLES:
A study on the mineral depletion of the foods available to us as a nation over the period 1940 to 1991. (Nutr Health)
Adherence to the Mediterranean diet attenuates inflammation and coagulation process in healthy adults; The Attica study. (J Am Coll Cardiol)
Antimicrobial and chemopreventive properties of herbs and spices. (Curr Med Chem)
Antioxidant activity of processed table beets (Beta vulgaris var, conditiva) and green beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.). (J Agric Food Chem)
Apple phytochemicals and their health benefits. (Nutr J)
AtherosclerosisEpidemiological studies on the health effects of a Mediterranean diet. (Eur J Nutr)
[Better health with ecologic food?] (Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen)
Diets containing barley significantly reduce lipids in mildly hypercholesterolemic men and women. (Am J Clin Nutr)
Effect of diets based on foods from conventional versus organic production on intake and excretion of flavonoids and markers of antioxidative defense in humans. (J Agric Food Chem)
Food Advertising and Marketing Directed at Children and Adolescents in the U.S. (International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity)
Frequent consumption of milk, yogurt, cold breakfast cereals, peppers, and cruciferous vegetables and intakes of dietary folate and riboflavin but not vitamins B-12 and B-6 are inversely associated with serum total homocysteine concentrations in the US population (American Journal of Clinical Nutrition)
Fruit and vegetable intakes are an independent predictor of bone size in early pubertal children (American Journal of Clinical Nutrition)
Increased consumption of refined carbohydrates and the epidemic of type 2 diabetes in the United States: an ecologic assessment. (Am J Clin Nutr)
Legumes: the most important dietary predictor of survival in older people of different ethnicities. (Asia Pac J Clin Nutr)
Mediterranean diet and cancer risk. (Eur J Cancer Prev.)
Mediterranean Diet, Lifestyle Factors, and 10-Year Mortality in Elderly European Men and Women (JAMA)
Micronutrient deficiencies as predisposing factors for hypertension in lacto-vegetarian Indian adults. (J Am Coll Nutr)
More good news about the Mediterranean diet
Nutritional dilemmas for long-term health. (Asia Pac J Clin Nutr)
Organic food: nutritious food or food for thought? A review of the evidence. (Int J Food Sci Nutr)
Relation of vegetable, fruit, and meat intake to 7-year blood pressure change in middle-aged men: the Chicago Western Electric Study. (Am J Epidemiol)
Supplementation with mixed fruit and vegetable juice concentrates increased serum antioxidants and folate in healthy adults. (J Am Coll Nutr)
The effect of cruciferous and leguminous sprouts on genotoxicity, in vitro and in vivo. (Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev)
The traditional diet of Greece and cancer. (Eur J Cancer Prev)
Vegetables, fruits and phytoestrogens in the prevention of diseases (J Postgrad Med)
What are the health effects of fat? (Eur J Nutr)
INTERNET SITES:
NCI-Overview of Nutrition in Cancer Care
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