ISHS Acta Horticulturae 744: I International Symposium on Human Health Effects of Fruits and Vegetables
INTRODUCING A COMPLEMENTARY INVESTIGATION METHOD CONCERNING FRUIT AND VEGETABLE QUALITY AND HUMAN HEALTH |
| Authors: | R. Kappert, B. Meltsch |
| Keywords: | bioelectronic Vincent, vital activity, P-value, redox potential, living whole issue, quality research |
| Abstract:
In Europe, during the last 15 years, the environmental awareness and nutritional consciousness has shown profound changes. This resulted in new food trends, which initiated a change in the food landscape and consumer´s nutritional behaviour. The establishment of different methods concerning fruit and vegetable (F&V) quality and human health are requested, especially as “the living whole issue is more than the sum of its particles” (Meier-Plöger, 1995). A new parameter, the “vital activity” was created. “The lower (more reduced) Redox potential is, the better the quality of food resp. a man’s health is…” (Wolf and Rey, 1997). The method Bioelectronic Vincent has been founded by the French hydrologist Prof. Vincent in 1935. The method is based on the electron model; temperature, pH, redox potential and electric conductivity are measured, inserted in Nernst’sche Formular. Results have to be interpreted in a different way for human health and F&V quality. In medical application, values are determined in blood, urine and saliva. for example, Schmöller (1990) found highest redox potential in patients suffering from lung cancer. In the meanwhile, doctors applying complementary methods in therapy, like to work with this method especially for patient survey in therapy. To use it in quality applications is something new. Our own results show different quality of water and tea (Meltsch and Kappert, 2004); of fruit and vegetable juices (Meltsch and Kappert, 2005), of fruits (strawberries) (Spornberger et al., 2004). Krautgartner (2002) found differing quality in vegetables, depending on different fertilizers. She found negative correlation between P-value and ascorbic acid concentration. In the future, there will be investigations concerning the correlations between soil quality, fertilizer and F&V-quality using P-value (Bioelectronic Vincent). The article summarizes the method and gives an overview of the results. | |
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