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Compound in fruit peels halts damage and spurs neuronal repair in multiple sclerosis

January 23, 2022 by Captain Organic Planet

Multiple sclerosis (MS), characterized by increasing muscle weakness and paralysis, has a number of treatments that help stall progression of the disease when used early on in the disease. But the current treatments can hardly reverse damage that has already occurred in brain cells called neurons. New research suggests that a compound found in the […]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: apple, apples, fruit, fruit peels, MS, multiple sclerosis

Brazilian Acai Berry Antioxidants Absorbed By Human Body, Research Shows

December 24, 2020 by Captain Organic Planet

A Brazilian palm berry sweeping the globe as a popular health food – though little research has been done on it – now may have its purported benefits better understood. In the first research involving people, the acai (ah-sigh-EE) berry has proven its ability to be absorbed in the human body when consumed both as […]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: Acai berry, antioxidants, fruit

Pawpaw Shows Promise In Fighting Drug-Resistant Tumors

November 27, 2020 by Captain Organic Planet

The pawpaw tree, which bears the largest fruit native to North America, may bear new fruit for scientists seeking ways to fight cancer. Purdue University researcher Jerry McLaughlin, working with doctoral student Nicholas Oberlies, has found compounds in the bark of the tree that have shown preliminary success in fighting some drug- resistant cancers. The […]

Filed Under: Cancer Tagged With: Asimina, cancer, fruit, garden, Paw Paw, PawPaw, tree, tumors

Eating dried fruit may be linked with better diet quality and health markers

November 26, 2020 by Captain Organic Planet

Don’t be afraid to toss a handful of raisins or dried apples in your Thanksgiving stuffing this year — a new Penn State study has found that dried fruit may be connected with better health. The researchers found that people who ate dried fruit were generally healthier than those who did not, and on days […]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: dried fruit, fruit

Research finds combo of plant nutrients kills breast cancer cells

October 10, 2020 by Captain Organic Planet

A study led by Madhwa Raj, PhD, Research Professor in Obstetrics and Gynecology at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans and its Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center, has found that a super cocktail of six natural compounds in vegetables, fruits, spices and plant roots killed 100% of sample breast cancer cells without toxic side effects […]

Filed Under: Cancer Tagged With: breast cancer, cancer, fruit, vegetables

Black raspberries show promise for reducing skin inflammation

September 26, 2020 by Captain Organic Planet

Eating black raspberries might reduce inflammation associated with skin allergies, a new study indicates. In a study done with mice and published earlier this month in the journal Nutrients, researchers found that a diet high in black raspberries reduced inflammation from contact hypersensitivity — a condition that causes redness and inflammation in the skin. “A lot […]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: allergies, black raspberries, fruit, fruits, inflammation, raspberries, skin

How Cranberry Products Prevent Urinary Tract Infections

February 27, 2019 by Captain Organic Planet

Chemicals present in cranberries—and not the acidity of cranberry juice, as previously thought—prevent infection-causing bacteria from attaching to the cells that line the urinary tract, as documented in a report published in Journal of Medicinal Food. Urinary tract infections (UTIs) burden the healthcare system with more than $2 billion in treatment costs each year and are […]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: bacteria, bladder, cranberry, cranberry juice, E. coli, fruit, kidney, proanthocyanidins, urinary tract infections, UTI

The Bitter Price of Tropical Fruits

February 7, 2019 by Captain Organic Planet

Sweet, healthy and delicious, and inexpensive to boot, pineapples are one of the world’s most desired fruits. On average, the world eats more than 26,000 tons of pineapples each year. But hidden beneath their low-price tag lies an industry riddled with heavy pesticide use, water pollution, deforestation and the exploitation of farmworkers, who are forced […]

Filed Under: Environment Tagged With: fruit, fruits, organic, pesticide, pesticides, pineapple, produce, supermarket

Japanese persimmons exported to the United States for the first time

February 4, 2019 by Captain Organic Planet

After lifting the ban on the export of persimmons from Japan to the United States from October of last year, Fukuoka prefecture is now working on the production of persimmons for the US. The exportation of the Fukuoka-produced Taishu variety of persimmons to the US began in October. People were able to taste the sweet, […]

Filed Under: Fukushima Tagged With: fruit, fukushima, japan, produce

GMO Apples That Don’t Brown Hit US Stores

January 5, 2018 by Captain Organic Planet

The first genetically modified apples to be sold in the U.S. will debut in select Midwestern stores. The fruit has been genetically modified such that its flesh won’t turn brown when exposed to air. A small amount of Arctic brand sliced and packaged Golden Delicious, produced by Okanagan Specialty Fruits of Summerland, B.C., will be […]

Filed Under: GMO's Tagged With: apple, Arctic Apple, Food, fruit, fruits, genetically engineered, genetically modified, genetically modified food, genetically modified organism, gmo, non-gmo, produce

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