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Dietary pattern and depressive symptoms in middle age

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BACKGROUND: Studies of diet and depression have focused primarily on individual nutrients. AIMS: To examine the association between dietary patterns and depression using an overall diet approach. METHOD: Analyses were carried on data from 3486 participants (26.2% women, mean age 55.6 years) from the Whitehall II prospective cohort, in which two dietary patterns were identified: [...]

Dietary patterns and risk of dementia: the Three-City cohort study

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BACKGROUND: Dietary fatty acids and antioxidants may contribute to decrease dementia risk, but epidemiologic data remain controversial. The aim of our study was to analyze the relationship between dietary patterns and risk of dementia or Alzheimer disease (AD), adjusting for sociodemographic and vascular risk factors, and taking into account the ApoE genotype. METHODS: A total [...]

Top antioxidant fruits and vegetables

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Top Antioxidant Foods
[ORAC* units per 100 grams**]

Fruits

Vegetables

Prunes
5770

Kale
1770

Raisins
2830

Spinach
1260

Blueberries
2400

Brussels sprouts
980

Blackberries
2036

Alfalfa sprouts
930

Strawberries
1540

Broccoli florets
890

Raspberries
1220

Beets
840

Plums
949

Red bell peppers
710

Oranges
750

Onions
450

Red grapes
739

Corn
400

Cherries
670

Eggplant
390

* Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity

**About 3.5 ounces

Dietary fibre and risk of breast cancer in the UK Women’s Cohort Study

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Women who developed invasive breast cancer, 350 post-menopausally and 257 pre-menopausally, during 240 959 person-years of follow-up in the UK Women’s Cohort Study (UKWCS) were studied. This cohort has 35 792 subjects with a wide range of exposure to dietary fibre with intakes of total fibre in the lowest quintile of <20 g/day up to [...]

Critique on: Evaluation of Phenolic Compounds in Commercial Fruit Juices and Fruit Drinks

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What the Glasgow study on commercial juices doesn’t say is that purple grape juice contains more than 50 per cent more sugar than Coca Cola, which comes to 16.66 g of sugar (glucose and fructose) per 100 ml of drink. An excessive intake of fruit juices could be harmful altogether. Furthermore, juices are processed food, [...]

Lutein

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Lutein (from Latin lutea meaning “yellow”) is one of over 600 known naturally occurring carotenoids. Found in green leafy vegetables such as spinach and kale, lutein is employed by organisms as an antioxidant and for blue light absorption. Lutein is covalently bound to one or more fatty acids present in some fruits and flowers, notably [...]