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

Background Public health policies reflect concerns that certain fruit sources may not have
the intended benefits and that vegetables should be preferred to fruit. We assessed the …

Carrot is a root vegetable with carotenoids, flavonoids, polyacetylenes, vitamins, and
minerals, all of which possess numerous nutritional and health benefits. Besides lending …

Adequate vegetable consumption is one of the cornerstones of a healthy diet. The
recommendation to increase vegetable intake is part of most dietary guidelines. Despite …

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

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 …

Background: Objective biomarkers are needed to assess adherence to vegetable and fruit
intervention trials. Blood carotenoids are considered the best biomarker of vegetable and …

Delphinidin-3-glucoside (Dp-3-g) is one of the predominant bioactive compounds of
anthocyanins in many plant foods. Although several anthocyanin compounds have been …

ObjectiveTo assess the feasibility, reliability and validity of reflection spectroscopy (RS) to
assess skin carotenoids in a racially diverse sample. DesignStudy 1 was a cross-sectional …

A high intake of fruit and vegetables (FV) has been shown to be associated with reduced risk
of a number of chronic diseases, including CVD. This review aims to provide an overview of …