ISHS Acta Horticulturae 244: IV International Symposium on Quality of Vegetables
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES : IMPLICATIONS FOR HEALTH |
| Author: | H. Blackholly |
| Abstract:
The increased awareness of health and diet issues enables fruits and vegetables to be marketed on their healthy attributes of low saturated fatty acids and cholesterol levels; low calorific density; high dietary fibre and high vitamin and mineral contents. This paper examines the implications of increased fruit and vegetable consumption on the major 'Western Diseases' of Coronary Heart Disease (CHD), cancer, obesity, diabetes, gastrointestinal disorders as well as assessing the contribution of vitamins and minerals to the national diet. | |
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