The present study was carried out to assess the level of Cd, Pb, Zn, Cu, Cr, and Ni in soil and edible portion of green leafy vegetables, grown in soil irrigated with wastewater near to katihar town and impact on health of residents of the study area. Results revealed that concentration of Pb, Zn, Cu, and Ni in some agricultural fields and Cd in all fields exceeded the normal soil value but low...

BACKGROUND Low-carbohydrate diets could lead to reduced fruit and vegetable intake, which may be protective against CVD. The role of carbohydrate intake in modifying the association between fruits and vegetables and CVD has not been evaluated. OBJECTIVE To evaluate whether carbohydrate intake affects the association between fruits and vegetables and CVD. DESIGN We included participants from...

BACKGROUND Few data exist on the ability of postmenopausal women to absorb calcium from diets habitually low in calcium. OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to evaluate fractional calcium absorption from a green leafy vegetable vs. milk in relation to vitamin D status. METHODS We measured fractional calcium absorption from both a dairy- and plant-based source in 19 postmenopausal Thai...

background & aims of the study: vegetables and cereals are considered vital for properly-balanced diet given that they deliver vitamins, minerals, nutritional fiber, and phytochemicals. this study aimed to assess the concentration of as, cu, cd, pb, cr and hg in common vegetables and cereals in urban open markets in varanasi district, india materials & methods: total 260 edible portions of vege...

In 2010, Romaine lettuce grown in southern Arizona was implicated in a multi-state outbreak of Escherichia coli O145:H28 infections. This was the first known Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) outbreak traced to the southwest desert leafy green vegetable production region along the United States-Mexico border. Limited information exists on sources of STEC and other enteric zoonotic pathogens ...

Few studies have examined dietary patterns in relation to cardiovascular risk factors in Asian populations, particularly in India. The present study was undertaken to explore dietary patterns in a general urban Bengalee population of women in West Bengal, India, and their association with cardiovascular risk factors. We performed a cross-sectional study of 701 women (aged 35 years and above) se...

Fruit and vegetable consumptionhas been inconsistently associatedwith risk of bladder cancer.Weuseddata from a prospective population-based cohort study of 82,002 Swedish women and men to examine the association between fruit and vegetable consumption and bladder cancer incidence.Dietwas assessedwith a validated food frequency questionnaire. During amean follow-up of 9.4 years, 485 incident cas...

The authors examined the associations between fruit and vegetable intakes and risk of colorectal cancer in the NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study. Diet was assessed with a food frequency questionnaire at baseline. Relative risks and 95% confidence intervals were estimated by using the Cox proportional hazards model. During 5-year follow-up of 488,043 men and women aged 50-71 years, 2,972 incident c...