Fruits

Diet and Acne

February 02, 2021 International Journal of Dermatology TAKE-HOME MESSAGE The authors performed a systematic review using the PubMed database that included 11 interventional clinical trials and 42 observational studies conducted between January 2009 and April 2020. They found several dietary factors associated with acne promotion, including a high glycemic index and/or glycemic load diet, dairy […]

Fruit, vegetable, and legume intake and the risk of all-cause, cardiovascular, and cancer mortality: A prospective study

Liu W, Hu B, Dehghan M, et al. Clinical Nutrition | January 28, 2021 In this prospective study involving 41,243 candidates, researchers sought to assess how amount of fruit, vegetable, and legume consumption impacts the risk of major cardiovascular disease (CVD), CVD mortality, cancer incidence, cancer mortality, and all-cause mortality. In the baseline survey, candidates […]

Association of chronic spinal pain with diet quality

Zick, Suzanna Mariaa,*; Murphy, Susan Lynnb; Colacino, Justinc PAIN Reports: September/October 2020 – Volume 5 – Issue 5 – p e837 doi: 10.1097/PR9.0000000000000837 Introduction: Chronic spinal pain is disabling and has high personal and societal costs. Risk factors include behavioral factors; however, little is known about the role of diet quality and its association with spinal pain. Higher diet quality and consumption […]

Fruit consumption, oral health linked to psoriasis severity

Macklis P, et al. Dermatol Online J. 2019;25(7):16. November 13, 2019 Oral health and hygiene and dietary practices may be associated with the development and severity of psoriasis, according to a study in Dermatology Online Journal. “The biggest surprise was that frequent consumption of fresh fruit is associated with a lower severity of psoriasis,” Paul […]

Bad Diet May Impair Female Fertility

Frequent consumption of fruits tied to higher, faster chances of conception by Kristen Monaco, Staff Writer, MedPage Today May 03, 2018 Diet prior to conception correlated with time to achieving conception in a large, multinational, retrospective study. Compared to women who ate fruit three or more times a day, women who consumed fruit less frequently […]

More Fruits and Veggies Ease Pancreatitis

Adequate hydration also linked to less severe bouts of acute disease by Ed Susman Contributing Writer, MedPage Today May 09, 2017 CHICAGO — A diet lacking in fruits, vegetables, and adequate fluid intake, was tied to severe disease in patients with acute pancreatitis, researchers said here. In a prospective study in over 300 patients, about […]

Fruit and Vegetable Consumption Associated With Lower Prevalence of Coronary Atherosclerosis

November 10, 2015 Circulation AKE-HOME MESSAGE Researchers evaluated participants of the CARDIA study to determine the association between intake of fruit and vegetables during young adulthood with coronary atherosclerosis later in life, finding that higher intake was associated with lower prevalence of coronary atherosclerosis (P < .001). The findings support high intake of fruit and […]

Eating More Fruits and Vegetables Lowers CAC Burden in Women: CARDIA

Michael O’Riordan March 28, 2014 WASHINGTON, DC — Long-term follow-up from the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study suggests that a higher consumption of fruits and vegetables in women is associated with a lower risk of developing coronary atherosclerosis. Interestingly, the association between a diet rich in fruits and vegetables and coronary […]

Fruit Tied to Fewer Aortic Aneurysms

8/19/13 by Todd Neale Senior Staff Writer, MedPage Today Action Points A diet high in antioxidant-rich fruit may help protect against the development of an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). Note that those who ate the most fruit had a 43% lower risk of developing a ruptured AAA. A diet high in antioxidant-rich fruit may help […]

Healthy living is the best revenge: findings from the European Prospective Investigation Into Cancer and Nutrition-Potsdam study

Arch Intern Med. 2009 Aug 10;169(15):1355-62. doi: 10.1001/archinternmed.2009.237. Ford ES, Bergmann MM, Kröger J, Schienkiewitz A, Weikert C, Boeing H. Abstract BACKGROUND: Our objective was to describe the reduction in relative risk of developing major chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and cancer associated with 4 healthy lifestyle factors among German adults. METHODS: We […]