MegalobJastic Anemia in Pregnancy Megaloblastic Anemia is one of The Rather Common Diseases of Pregnant Women Caused by Folic acid Defi­ciency The Disease Might Be Hazardous To affected Mo­thers and also Could be Fatal for foetus too.  Megaloblastic Pregnant Women Will have Signs and Symptoms of This Disease mostly after 29th. Week of pregnancy.  Adequate amount of Folate Will prevent Compli...

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the daily vegetable and fruit intake status of Korean adults and to examine the relationship of vegetable and fruit intake with bone metabolism. The vegetable and fruit intake of 542 healthy male and female adults was analyzed. Then, by selecting 51 targets from the subjects, the relation of vegetable and fruit intake with serum calcium, osteocalcin and...

BACKGROUND It has been suggested that eating green leafy vegetables, which are rich in lutein and zeaxanthin, may decrease the risk for age related macular degeneration. The goal of this study was to analyse various fruits and vegetables to establish which ones contain lutein and/or zeaxanthin and can serve as possible dietary supplements for these carotenoids. METHODS Homogenates of 33 fruit...

OBJECTIVE Characterize the process of family vegetable selection (especially cruciferous, deep orange, and dark green leafy vegetables); demonstrate the usefulness of Exchange Theory (how family norms and experiences interact with rewards and costs) for interpreting the data. DESIGN Eight focus groups, 2 with each segment (men/women vegetable likers/dislikers based on a screening form). Parti...

Abstract: The demands for organically produced vegetable are increasing all over the world including Kuwait. Therefore, efforts are being made to develop an appropriate package of practices for organic greenhouse vegetable production under Kuwait's harsh climatic conditions. Several experiments were conducted to select suitable growing substrate for production of organic leafy vegetables like I...