Garlic sprouted for five days has improved antioxidant potential
“Sprouted” garlic – old garlic bulbs with bright green shoots emerging from the cloves – is considered to be past its prime and usually ends up in the garbage can. But scientists are reporting in ACS’ Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry that this type of garlic has even more heart-healthy antioxidant activity than its fresher counterparts.
March 1, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: agricultural, bright-green, even-more, from-the-cloves, garbage, journal, nutrition, nutritional counseling, on call diets, the-garbage, type, usually-ends
Small rewards encourage children to eat fruit and veg
The good news: Research suggests that a new federal rule has prompted the nation’s schools to serve an extra $5.4 million worth of fruits and vegetables each day.The bad news: The nation’s children throw about $3.8 million of that in the garbage each day.
December 22, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: bad-news, children-throw, garbage, good-news, nation, new-federal, nutrition / diet, oncalldiets, prompted-the-nation, research, the-garbage, vegetables-each
