For consumers who care about food sustainability, sustainable seems to be at least organic, local, and seasonal food. Our research aimed compare the differences between beetroots grown conventionally organically using chemical electrochemical methods demonstrating life processes in products. Three beetroot (Beta vulgaris L., ssp. var. conditiva Alef.) cultivars, ‘Joniai’, ‘Jolie’ H, ‘Grenade’ w...

introduction: tracheobronchial foreign body may often be treated as asthma, chronic bronchitis or etc. especially in patients with no memories of aspiration episodes. case presentation: a 74-year-old woman, suffering from persistent cough, was temporarily misdiagnosed with allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis and treated for six months. during this period, computed tomography (ct) findings c...

background: the life style is formed and stabilized in adolescence. since consumption of fruits and vegetables may affect the risk of chronic diseases, their low consumption during adolescence is very important. knowledge and skill is considered as one of the main determinants of this behavior. this study aimed to investigate the knowledge and skill of proper consumption of fruit and vegetables...

OBJECTIVE To examine the impact of a government income management program on store sales. DESIGN AND SETTING An interrupted time series analysis of sales data in 10 stores in 10 remote Northern Territory communities during 1 October 2006 to 30 September 2009, which included an 18-month period before income management; a 4-6-month period after the introduction of income management; a 3-month p...

Spent mushroom compost (SMC) of Pleurotus pulmonarius (an edible fungus) was used as soil conditioner for the improvement of growth of four common Nigerian vegetables (Abelmoschus esculentus, Lycopersicum esculentum, Capsicum annum and Capsicum chinense). The results of these investigations showed that the vegetables responded well to the SMC treatment. Each of them attained its best growth and...

Sugars and organic acids are important determinants of taste in fruits and vegetables. Based on the enzymatic analyses originally developed by Boehringer-Mannheim, rapid and reliable microplate-based assays were devised for glucose, fructose and sucrose in tomato and orange juice, and citrate and L-malate in tomato. These microplate assays were used to compare some commercially available tomato...

Emergence of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter spp. has been increasingly reported worldwide. We report here the first detection of an Acinetobacter calcoaceticus isolate from vegetables in Lebanon carrying the bla Oxa-72 gene. These findings show that the Lebanese environment may constitute a potential reservoir for this antibiotic resistance gene.

BACKGROUND The aim of this research was to investigate whether increased portion sizes of vegetables and decreased portion sizes of meat on main dishes increased the amount of vegetables consumed in a real-life restaurant setting without affecting customer satisfaction. The participants were unaware of the experiment. METHODS A cross-over design was used in which three restaurants were random...

Vegetarians who eat a varied and well balanced diet are not at any greater risk of iron deficiency anaemia than non-vegetarians. A diet rich in wholegrains, legumes, nuts, seeds, dried fruits, iron-fortified cereals and green leafy vegetables provides an adequate iron intake. Vitamin C and other organic acids enhance non-haem iron absorption, a process that is carefully regulated by the gut. Pe...

A headspace solid-phase microextraction method has been developed for the determination of 8 pesticides in vegetables and fruits by using gas chromatography with an electron capture detector. Two types of fibers (polyacrylate, 85 microm and polydimethylsiloxane, 100 microm) have been assayed and compared. The main factors: extraction and desorption parameters, ionic strength, and the effects of...