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Croll, Oswald - Preface of Signatures – 08
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1868 PAINTING BY JULES BRETON
Crit Rev Food Sci Nutr. 2014 Sep 16:0. [Epub ahead of print] The Health Potential of Fruits and Vegetables Phytochemicals: Notable Examples. Rodriguez-Casado A1.
Fruit and vegetables are essential components of a healthy diet. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends an intake of five to eight portions (400-600g) daily of fruits and vegetables to reduce risk of cardiovascular disease, cancer, poor cognitive performance, and other diet-related diseases, as well as for the prevention of micronutrient deficiencies. Much of their potential for disease prevention is thought to be provided by phytochemicals, among which the preventive activity of antioxidants is most well-documented. Since numerous meta-studies published indicate variable and often contradictory results about the impact of isolated phytochemicals on health, their consumption as supplements must be carried out with care, because doses may exceed the recommended nutritional intake. Nonetheless, there is a general consensus that whole fruit and vegetable intake is more important in providing health benefits than that of only one of their constituent, because of additive and synergistic effects. This review describes the most recent literature regarding the health benefits of some selected fruits and vegetables. Importantly, since some phytochemicals regulate the same genes and pathways targeted by drugs, diets rich in fruits and vegetables in combination with medical therapies are being considered as novel approaches to treatment. Therefore, phytochemicals in fruits and vegetable might be a promising tool for the prevention and/or amelioration of a wide range of diseases.
KEYWORDS: broccoli; cocoa; dandelion; garlic; grapes; olives
PMID: 25225771
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Croll, Oswald - Preface of Signatures – 08
Where evil or the distemper is, there, most near, by Nature is exhibited a seasonable remedy, that the means of recovering health may not be far from us.
[When with simples we may effect the cure, compounded medicines must not be adhibited.]
Therefore Ruellius not improperly saith; That no part of medicine is more uncertain, than that, which from another orb than our own is procured.
And Paracelsus, the most diligent searcher into the light of Nature, worthily deriding the disingenious curiosity of many physicians, who (neglecting the knowledge of the internal virtues of plants, by their signature) desiring only to be acquainted with herbs by name, saith, that every plowman has the true Pharmacopolion before his door.
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Croll, OswaldConcepts, symbols and science items
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BrassicasChocolate
Dandelions
Eating for health
Grapes
Olives and olive oil
Onions and garlic