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J Nutrition Sept, 2009 - SUMMARY -- See SYNOPSES and links after summary located at
http://www.beloit.edu/nutrition/aln/0809jnutr.htm

Get plenty of red grapes, juice or wine (and blueberries, strawberries, and walnuts)
1.Symposium on Grapes - Eat lots of them often -
a. Resveratrol is a unique beneficial component of grapes.
b. for cardiovascular disease, the benefits of wine consumption appear to be greater than other alcoholic beverages.
c. with a low mean Glycemic Index and Glycemic Load, grapes or grape products may provide health benefits to type 2 diabetics.
d. Concord grape juice maintained immune function, whereas the placebo juice reduced immunity.
e. Grapes and grape-based products are known to improve overall human health
f. SAVE YOUR BRAIN - blueberries, strawberries, walnuts, and Concord grape juice
g. Help your teeth too!

Benefits of particular foods
2. Cruciferous vegetables beneficially change your gut
3. Eating soy reduces your [harmful] LDL level
4. How DHA acts as the critical component of fish oil - Quantitative microscopy showed that DHA, but not EPA, treatment, was effective for certain benefits.

Success of particular diets
5. Six weeks of carb restriction improves health - a 6-wk CRD can effectively be used as a first-line diet therapy to rapidly improve features of metabolic syndrome, diabetes, and cardiovascular risk...
6. Mediterranean diet reduces abdominal fat
7. Special sugars in mother's milk - Human milk is the ideal nutrient for growing babies in the first few months after birth. Especially important are mannose and inositol, which are not as concentrated in infant formulas.

Getting your daily values is essential.
8. Daily value of selenium fights cancer
9. Daily value of zinc maintains your DNA and more
10. Avoid iron deficiency during pregnancy - Iron deficiency (ID) is the most prevalent worldwide nutritional deficiency. Groups at risk of developing ID anemia are infants and pregnant women, even in industrialized countries.
11. Elderly digest and absorb protein as well as young men

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