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In January 2018 researchers from France published the results of their study to assess the association between red and processed meat consumption and risk of breast and prostate cancer. 61,476 … Read more
In March 2018 researchers from the USA published their review of the medical scientific literature to assess whether the list of chemicals associated with unconventional oil and gas extraction (commonly … Read more
In October 2018 researchers from the USA published the results of their study to assess the concentration of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the air near fracking sites. Three active and … Read more
In February 2018 researchers from Brazil published the results of their study to assess the association between sweetened soft drinks or coffee and the outcome of intracytoplasmic sperm injection treatment … Read more
Metabolic syndrome is a group of medical conditions that occur together, namely increased blood pressure, high blood sugar, excess body fat around the waist, and abnormal cholesterol or triglyceride levels. … Read more
The symptoms of functional bowel disorders include abdominal pain, feeling full soon into a meal, nausea, bloating, distention, are characterized by recurrent gastrointestinal symptoms that have no identifiable structural or … Read more
Watercress.
Rich source of vitamin C and vitamin K and a moderate source of vitamin A, vitamin B2, vitamin B6, calcium and manganese.… Read more
Wasabi
Its nutritional value is negligible as wasabi is generally consumed in such small quantities.… Read more
Turnip, also referred to as white turnip.
Turnip greens: Rich source of vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin K and folate, and a moderate source of vitamin B6, vitamin E, calcium … Read more
Tatsoi, also referred to as Chinese flat cabbage, rosette pakchoi, broadbeaked mustard, spoon mustard, spinach mustard, tat soi and tat choy.
Rich source of vitamin C, calcium, folic acid and … Read more
Swede, also referred to as rutabaga, Swedish turnip, yellow turnip, tumshie, neep, baigie, snadgers, snaggers, narkies, moot, kålrot, kålroe, kålrabi, kaalikas, lanttu, nap, Kohlrübe and Steckrübe.
A rich source of … Read more
Rocket, also referred to arugula, Eruca (sativa), rucola, rucoli, rugula, colewort, and roquette.
Rich source of vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin K and folate, and a moderate source of calcium, … Read more
Radish (see also Daikon). Their sharp favour is due to the various chemicals they produce (glucosinolate, myrosinase and isothiocyanate) and their colour from anthocyanins.
Moderate source of vitamin C.… Read more
Mizuna, also referred to as water greens, qian jing shui cai, kyona, Japanese mustard greens and spider mustard.
Rich souce of vitamin C, iron and folate. Also contains a glucosinolate … Read more
Land cress, also referred to as American cress, bank cress, black wood cress, Belle Isle cress, Bermuda cress, dryland cress, cassabully, early yellowrocket, early wintercress, scurvy cress, creasy greens and … Read more
Komatsuna, also referred to as Japanese mustard spinach
Rich source of vitamin A, vitamin C and folate and a moderate source of calcium, iron, manganese and potassium.… Read more
Kohlrabi, also referred to as German turnip, su hao, Ol Kopi, Monj-hakh, Nol Khol, Navalkol, Navilu Kosu, Nol col and kouloumpra
Rich source of vitamin C and a moderate source … Read more
Kale, also referred to as leaf cabbage
Rich source of vitamin A, vitamin B6, vitamin C, folate and manganese and a moderate source of vitamin B1, vitamin B2, vitamin B5, … Read more
Horseradish, also referred to as khrin, chren, chrzan, torma, hrean, krienai, khryan, chren khren, křen, hren and ren.
Rich source of vitamin C and a moderate source of folate.… Read more
Garden cress, also referred to as mustard and cress, garden pepper cress, pepperwort, pepper grass, poor man’s pepper, chandrashoor, asario, and habbat al hamra.
Rich source of vitamin A, vitamin … Read more