Download or read book Phytonutrients written by Andrew Salter and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In many Western diets, the role of plants has been reduced in favour of more animal-based products and this is now being cited more widely as being the cause of increases in the incidence of diseases such as cancer and cardiovascular disease. This important book covers the biochemistry and nutritional importance of a wide range of phytonutrients, including all the major macronutrients as well as the micronutrients and 'non-essential' nutrients. Phytonutrients is divided into three parts. The first deals with the role of plants in the human diet. Part II, representing the major part of the book covers in turn each of the major phytonutrient groups. Chapters include: non-lipid micronutrients, lipids and steroids, carotenoids, phenolics, vitamins C, E, folate/vitamin B12, phytoestrogens, other phytonutrients and minerals, and anti-nutritional factors. The final part of the book covers the methods used to manipulate levels of phytonutrients in the diet, such as fortification, supplementation and the use of genetically modified plants. Phytonutrients is an essential purchase for nutritionists, food scientists and plant biochemists, particularly those dealing with nutrients from plants, and their use in the human diet.
Download or read book Handbook of Phytonutrients in Indigenous Fruits and Vegetables written by Dharini Sivakumar and published by CABI. This book was released on 2022-10-31 with total page 549 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The effects of inadequate diets on the population include malnutrition, non-communicable diseases and obesity. 'Hidden hunger', also known as micronutrient deficiencies, leads to various health-related disorders and diseases. Indigenous plants, in the form of indigenous fruits and leafy vegetables are gaining interest as a source of nutrients and bioactive phytochemicals, satisfying both food demand and health needs. Moreover, with the impact of climate change, and the importance of sustainability of food systems, it is essential that we investigate new, forgotten and alternative crops that can thrive in harsh conditions, require low fertilizer input, and are easily harvestable. This is an essential resource for academic researchers and industry professionals in the fields of horticulture, agriculture, crop science, human health and nutrition.
Download or read book Eating on the Wild Side written by Jo Robinson and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2013-06-04 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The next stage in the food revolution: a radical way to select fruits and vegetables and reclaim the flavor and nutrients we've lost. Ever since farmers first planted seeds 10,000 years ago, humans have been destroying the nutritional value of their fruits and vegetables. Unwittingly, we've been selecting plants that are high in starch and sugar and low in vitamins, minerals, fiber, and antioxidants for more than 400 generations. Eating on the Wild Side reveals the solution -- choosing modern varieties that approach the nutritional content of wild plants but that also please the modern palate. Jo Robinson explains that many of these newly identified varieties can be found in supermarkets and farmer's market, and introduces simple, scientifically proven methods of preparation that enhance their flavor and nutrition. Based on years of scientific research and filled with food history and practical advice, Eating on the Wild Side will forever change the way we think about food.
Download or read book Recent Advances in Recognition of Bioactive Phytonutrients for Specific Targets in Plant Foods written by Zhiqiang Wang and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2022-11-14 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Plant Nutrient Dynamics in Stressful Environments written by Urs Feller and published by MDPI. This book was released on 2018-09-20 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (This book is a printed edition of the Special Issue "Plant Nutrient Dynamics in Stressful Environments" that was published in Agriculture
Download or read book Your Well Being Garden written by DK and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-07-14 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Your garden could be even better for you. Discover... How certain plants can form a barrier against air and noise pollution Which birdsong alleviates anxiety How plants can help to save energy Why green is so good for us Learn how connecting with nature can reduce stress and improve wellbeing. You don't even need a garden - even a balcony or houseplants can help to boost your mood. Every recommendation is backed by scientific research, drawn together by a team of scientists and experts. Your Well-Being Garden also suggests how to translate the science into ideas for your green space. With this groundbreaking book, find out how, in sometimes very simple ways, you can create an outdoor space that nourishes your mind and body, and is good for our planet too.
Download or read book Reader s Digest Plant Base Cooking for Everyone written by Reader's Digest and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-02-01 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A plant-based cookbook for middle America, featuring more than 150 quick and easy recipes for healthy favorites. Plant-based eating is more than the latest diet fad. It’s a research-proven path to losing weight, living longer, and preventing heart disease, cancer, and a whole host of other health issues. Plus it’s environmentally friendly and easy on the wallet. With the Plant-Based Health Basics Cookbook, readers will find support and inspiration wherever they are on their plant-based journey. It includes: More than 150 tasty and healthy breakfasts, entrees, quick meals, and even desserts, such as Farmers Market Enchiladas, Tropical French Toast, and Chocolate Espresso Nut Torte Just the basics on key nutrients, ingredients, and benefits of plant-based eating Tips on how to build a plant-based pantry, adapt favorite recipes to be plant-based, and shop for a plant-based diet (including the difference between all the new plant-based “meats” now on the market) Sample meal plans that pull recipes together for different needs: on a budget, in a hurry, heart-healthy, gluten-free, etc. Easy additions and substitutions for those who aren’t ready to give up meat completely—as well as for those who want to go fully vegan Featuring beautiful photographs and easy-to-find ingredients in recipes tested by readers like you, Reader’s Digest’s Plant-Based Health Basics Cookbook makes plant-based eating easy and fun for everyone.
Download or read book Phytonutrients written by Andrew Salter and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-04-30 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In many Western diets, the role of plants has been reduced in favour of more animal-based products and this is now being cited more widely as being the cause of increases in the incidence of diseases such as cancer and cardiovascular disease. This important book covers the biochemistry and nutritional importance of a wide range of phytonutrients, including all the major macronutrients as well as the micronutrients and 'non-essential' nutrients. Phytonutrients is divided into three parts. The first deals with the role of plants in the human diet. Part II, representing the major part of the book covers in turn each of the major phytonutrient groups. Chapters include: non-lipid micronutrients, lipids and steroids, carotenoids, phenolics, vitamins C, E, folate/vitamin B12, phytoestrogens, other phytonutrients and minerals, and anti-nutritional factors. The final part of the book covers the methods used to manipulate levels of phytonutrients in the diet, such as fortification, supplementation and the use of genetically modified plants. Phytonutrients is an essential purchase for nutritionists, food scientists and plant biochemists, particularly those dealing with nutrients from plants, and their use in the human diet.
Download or read book The Wellness Garden written by Shawna Coronado and published by . This book was released on 2017-12-04 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Don't sacrifice your garden or green space because you suffer from chronic pain, health issues, or other ailments. The Wellness Garden is your guide! If you love to garden but also worry about the physical strain, or if you are in search of ways to promote a healthier lifestyle, and even combat specific, chronic, health issues, then noted garden author and speaker Shawna Coronado has good news for you! You can stay active, fight chronic pain, and keep the garden you've worked so hard to cultivate. In The Wellness Garden, her new book from Cool Springs Press, Shawna details exactly how she has learned to use her garden as a key tool in her battle with osteoarthritis and other chronic pain issues. In this inspiring but highly practical book you will learn from Shawna's life changing garden experience and see how you can create your own Wellness Garden--and gain the healthier lifestyle you desire and deserve.
Download or read book The Regenerative Grower s Guide to Garden Amendments written by Nigel Palmer and published by Chelsea Green Publishing. This book was released on 2020-08-07 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revitalize your garden—and go beyond compost—by making your own biologically diverse inoculants and mineral-rich amendments using leaf mold, weeds, eggshells, bones, and other materials available for little or no cost! In The Regenerative Grower’s Guide to Garden Amendments, experimental gardener and author Nigel Palmer provides practical, detailed instructions that are accessible to every grower who wants to achieve a truly sustainable garden ecosystem—all while enjoying better results at a fraction of the cost of commercial fertilizer products. These recipes go beyond fertilizer replacement, resulting in greater soil biological activity and mineral availability. They also increase pest and disease resistance, yields, and nutrient density. Recipes include: Extracting nutrients from plant residues using simple rainwater techniques Extracting minerals from bones and shells using vinegar Fermenting plant juices and fish Culturing indigenous microorganisms (IMO) Inspired by the work of many innovative traditional agricultural pioneers, especially Cho Ju-Young (founder of the Korean Natural Farming method), The Regenerative Grower’s Guide to Garden Amendments also includes a primer on plant-soil interaction, instructions for conducting a soil test, and guidance on compost, cover cropping, mulching, measuring the quality of fruits and vegetables using a refractometer, and other aspects of sustainable gardening—making it a must-have resource for any serious grower.
Download or read book Phytonutrient Gardening written by Joe Urbach and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Joe Urbach, the creator and publisher of GardeningAustin.com and the Phytonutrient Blog provides readers with a how-to guide to growing and purchasing the most healthy, most nutritious, most antioxidant-dense fruits and vegetables. Offers gardening and nutritional information, including how to improve your soil, your garden, and your health, allowing you to get the biggest nutritional bang for your gardening or shopping buck.
Download or read book Nutrition in Public Health written by Arlene Spark and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2007-05-11 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nutrition plays a key role in many areas of public health such as pre-term delivery, cancer, obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular and renal diseases. Government nutrition policy, therefore, bears a huge influence on the nation's biggest health concerns. There is a clear need for information on this topic that unarguably holds the key to the primar
Download or read book Genomics based breeding of crops for food and nutritional security in 21st century volume 2 written by Reyazul Rouf Mir and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2023-07-05 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Chef s Garden written by FARMER LEE JONES and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-04-27 with total page 642 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An approachable, comprehensive guide to the modern world of vegetables, from the leading grower of specialty vegetables in the country Near the shores of Lake Erie is a family-owned farm with a humble origin story that has become the most renowned specialty vegetable grower in America. After losing their farm in the early 1980s, a chance encounter with a French-trained chef at their farmers' market stand led the Jones family to remake their business and learn to grow unique ingredients that were considered exotic at the time, like microgreens and squash blossoms. They soon discovered chefs across the country were hungry for these prized ingredients, from Thomas Keller in Napa Valley to Daniel Boulud in New York City. Today, they provide exquisite vegetables for restaurants and home cooks across the country. The Chef's Garden grows and harvests with the notion that every part of the plant offers something unique for the plate. From a perfect-tasting carrot, to a tiny red royal turnip, to a pencil lead-thin cucumber still attached to its blossom, The Chef's Garden is constantly innovating to grow vegetables sustainably and with maximum flavor. It's a Willy Wonka factory for vegetables. In this guide and cookbook, The Chef's Garden, led by Farmer Lee Jones, shares with readers the wealth of knowledge they've amassed on how to select, prepare, and cook vegetables. Featuring more than 500 entries, from herbs, to edible flowers, to varieties of commonly known and not-so-common produce, this book will be a new bible for farmers' market shoppers and home cooks. With 100 recipes created by the head chef at The Chef's Garden Culinary Vegetable Institute, readers will learn innovative techniques to transform vegetables in their kitchens with dishes such as Ramp Top Pasta, Seared Rack of Brussels Sprouts, and Cornbread-Stuffed Zucchini Blossoms, and even sweet concoctions like Onion Caramel and Beet Marshmallows. The future of cuisine is vegetables, and Jones and The Chef's Garden are on the forefront of this revolution.
Download or read book Produce Degradation written by Olusola Lamikanra and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2005-03-16 with total page 693 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Produce Degradation is the first book to focus on the processes that result in produce quality deterioration and their prevention. It addresses the mechanism of reactions that affect produce quality under conditions from the farm to the table. It also reviews the degradative changes and conditions that favor these processes, such as the biochemistr
Download or read book Food Science for Gardeners written by Robert Pavlis and published by New Society Publishers. This book was released on 2024-10-08 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everyone's guide to using the power of science to produce healthier and tastier fruits and vegetables From garden to fork, Food Science for Gardeners is everyone's guide to optimizing the quality of garden produce and preparing the most delicious and nutritious food possible. Beginning with a high-level overview of food quality and nutrient density, this invaluable resource then takes a deep, but accessible, dive into: The essential nutrient groups as well as phytonutrients and their anti-oxidant properties Factors affecting food safety such as pesticides, microplastics, bacteria, and other forms of chemical and biological contamination The pros and cons of a host of approaches to food storage and preservation, as well as an extensive variety of cooking methods Gardening techniques for growing nutritious food A complete section dedicated to the best growing methods for common fruits and vegetables. Whether you're a home gardener, local food enthusiast, or small-scale farmer, Food Science for Gardeners demystifies the science of food, enabling you to put the best quality vegetables and fruits on your plate.
Download or read book How to Grow Eat Your Own Superfoods written by Becky Dickinson and published by Grub Street Publishers. This book was released on 2018-03-30 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A step-by-step guide to planting your own fruit and vegetable garden—and growing your own healthy and nutritious superfoods. Gardening is where science meets art, where nature meets nurture and where food and health unite. In an age of clean eating and fad diets, the term superfood has become synonymous with inflated prices and overstated claims about the disease-fighting, anti-aging, life-enhancing powers these foods possess. Sales of fruits and vegetables like kale, beetroot, and blueberries have skyrocketed, encouraging us to spend money on products that have traveled miles around the country or even the globe only to sit in a supermarket wrapped in plastic for days. Becky Dickinson’s How to Grow & Eat Your Own Superfoods weeds out the hype and unearths the secrets of what makes a food super. Discover a wide array of fruits and vegetables all with their own super qualities, and learn how to sow and plant them yourself, free from chemicals and full of goodness. In the comprehensive A to Z directory of crops, you’ll find nutritional information for all kinds of fruits and vegetables, followed by practical advice for planting and growing, plus mouthwatering recipes for making the most of your harvest. Experience the delight of following your food’s journey from seed to plate, and the gratification of picking and eating your own produce. Indulge your taste buds with tasty, nutritious meals by taking control of what you eat and growing your way to better health.
