Plants’ ‘organic’ wounds improve produce
Scientists found benefits of insect leaf-wounding in fruit and vegetable production. Stress responses created in the fruits and vegetables initiated an increase in antioxidant compounds prior to harvest, making them healthier for human consumption.
January 9, 2020 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: compounds-prior, fruits, insect-leaf-wounding, nutrition, on call diets, oncalldiets, responses-created, the-fruits
School lunch study: Visual proof kids are tossing mandated fruits and veggies in trash
Less than a month before Congress votes on whether to reauthorize a controversial program mandating healthier school lunches, a new study confirms the suspicions of school officials — many students are putting the fruits and vegetables they’re now required to take straight into the trash, consuming fewer than they did before the law took effect.
August 25, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: congress, consuming-fewer, fruits, month-before, new-study, now-required, nutritional counseling, oncalldietitian.com, oncalldiets, suspicions, the-fruits, trash
