Background: Questions remain about the strength and shape of the dose-response
relationship between fruit and vegetable intake and risk of cardiovascular disease, cancer …

In recent years, new strategies have been proposed in order to improve the sustainability of
production systems for horticultural crops. A promising tool would be the use of substances …

Potassium was identified as a shortfall nutrient by the Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2010
Advisory Committee. The committee concluded that there was a moderate body of evidence …

Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are leading global health problems. Accumulating
epidemiological studies have indicated that consuming fruits was inversely related to the risk …

The prevalence of lifestyle-related diseases is increasing in developing countries with the
causes for death starting to follow the same pattern in the developed world. Lifestyle factors …

The white potato is a concentrated source of carbohydrate, dietary fiber, and resistant starch
and continues to be the staple food of choice for many cultures. The white potato is also a …

Over the past decades, thousands of published studies have amassed supporting
recommendations to consume fruits and vegetables for physiological and psychological …

BACKGROUND: Fruit and vegetables is a heterogeneous food group with different content
of dietary fiber, vitamins, minerals, carotenoids, and bioactive phytochemicals. Our objective …

Prospective studies assessing the association between fibre intake or fibre-rich food
consumption and the risk of CVD have often been limited by baseline assessment of diet …

Mexico is the world's leading Persian lime (Citrus latifolia T.) fruit producer and exporter. The
use of rootstocks in citrus may increase fruit quality; however, the most used rootstock in …