a salad a day

[Guest guest]

" A new UCLA/Louisiana State

University study of dietary data on more than 17,500 men and women

finds consumption of salad and raw vegetables correlates with higher

concentrations of folic acid, vitamins C and E, lycopene and alpha and

beta carotene in the bloodstream. Published in the September edition

of the peer-reviewed Journal of the American Dietetic Association, the

study also suggests that each serving of salad consumed correlates

with a 165 percent higher likelihood of meeting recommended dietary

allowances (RDA) for vitamin C in women and 119 percent greater

likelihood in men.

 

The study is the first to examine the relationship between normal

salad consumption and nutrient levels in the bloodstream, and also the

first to examine the dietary adequacy of salad consumption using the

latest nutritional guidelines of the Food and Nutrition Board of the

National Academy of Sciences. " The findings endorse consumption of

salad and raw vegetables as an effective strategy for increasing

intake of important nutrients. Unfortunately, we also found daily

salad consumption is not the norm in any group, and is even less

prevalent among African Americans, " [Lenore Arab, visiting professor

of epidemiology at the UCLA School of Public Health] said. " In fact,

our findings suggest that eating just one serving of salad or raw

vegetables per day significantly boosts the likelihood of meeting the

recommended daily intake of certain nutrients. "

 

 

http://www.foodconsumer.org/777/8/UCLA_LSU_study_details_nutritional_value_of_sa\

lad.shtml

 

 

 

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