جستجوی مقالات مرتبط با کلیدواژه "میوه" در نشریات گروه "پزشکی"

Cardiovascular disease is the most common cause of death. Improving the quality of the diet, such as increasing the consumption of whole grains, vegetables, and fruits, has a beneficial effect on cardiovascular complications. The Qur'an is a heavenly book in which there are 11 words about fruits and their derivatives, which indicates the value of fruits from the Quran's point of view. In general, the holy book of Qur'an has highlighted 5 fruits including olives, figs, dates, pomegranates and grapes and has repeated them in various verses.

In this review study, noble verses of Qur'an, books on interpretation of Quran and reliable scientific databases such as Web of Science, PubMed, Scopus, IranMedex, Magiran, SID and Google Scholar were reviewed from 2000 to 2021. Related articles were reviewed using the keywords of Quran, olives, grapes, dates, figs, pomegranates, and cardiovascular disease.

The results suggest that the fruits mentioned in the Qur'an such as olives, figs, dates, grapes, and pomegranates, play a major role in human nutrition and health due to their strong antioxidant effects, which reduce oxidative stress, and substances such as carotenoids, anthocyanins, and phenolics. The results of the studies have shown the anti-inflammatory and antioxidant role of these fruits. It has been proven that these fruits have a high potential to prevent cardiovascular diseases, reduce the complications of cardiovascular diseases and improve the health of these patients.

The results of the studies have suggested that consumption of the fruits mentioned in the Qur'an reduces the risk of cardiovascular events, causes recovery in cardiovascular patients and reduces mortality due to cardiovascular diseases.

This study aimed to investigate the interactions of weight change and fruit and vegetable intake with the incidence of metabolic syndrome (MetS) among adults.

This study was conducted within the framework of the Tehran Lipid and Glucose Study (TLGS) among 1915 adults during 8.9 years of follow-up. Dietary data were assessed using the food frequency questionnaire. Anthropometric, biochemical, and body weight data were measured at baseline and during the follow-up. MetS was defined according to the adult treatment panel III. The association between fruit and vegetable intake and MetS by adjusting weight was assessed using Cox regression analysis.

The median intake of fruit, vegetables, and both fruit and vegetables was 3.5 (IQR: 2.0-5.5), 3.1 (IQR: 1.9-5.9), and 6.9 (IQR: 4.0-7.8) servings per day, respectively. The intake of both fruit and vegetables was significantly and inversely associated with the MetS incidence after controlling for the confounders (hazard ratio: 0.73; 95% CI: 0.66-0.87). No significant association was found between the intake of fruit and vegetables and the risk of MetS. Based on the results, in participants with weight change less than 7%, the intake of fruit and vegetables and the intake of both fruit and vegetables reduced the risk of MetS. However, no association was observed among participants with weight gain more than 7% during the follow-up.

Weight change modifies the association between fruit and vegetable intake and the risk of MetS.

The one of the most toxic of mycotoxins is ochratoxin A (OTA). The aim of this study was to measure OTA in some fruit products and estimate its carcinogenicity risk.

In this study, 102 samples of fruit products including peach fruit leather, apricot fruit leather, half-dried apricot, whole-dried apricot (Qaisi), dried plum and unpitted (bokhara) plum were sampled from Hamadan. The ochratoxin level of samples was determined by ELISA and carcinogenic risk was calculated. The limit of detection of Elisa kit was 0.5 µg/kg according to producer’s guideline.

The range of OTA in the samples was 3.92-7.22 μg/kg. Thirty-one samples out of 102 fruit product samples were contaminated with ochratoxin, contamination level in 4 samples exceeded Iran limit (10 μg/kg). There is a significant difference among mean OTA of samples (P < 0.05). The mean contamination value in all samples was significantly lower Iran standard (P < 0.05). Depending on the type of fruit product examined, the estimated daily intake (EDI) of ochratoxin in children and adults ranged from 3.36×10-5-4.35×10-4 and 4.70×10-5-6.09×10-4 µg/kg bw/day, respectively. By considering OTA concentration and per capita of fruit products, carcinogenicity risk though these products was low.

Totally, the mean OTA of fruit products was significantly lower than Iran standard limit (P < 0.05). In addition, based on the calculations of carcinogenicity assessment, it could say that OTA ochratoxin intake through the consumption of fruit products didn’t result in carcinogenic risk for consumers.

Insufficient consumption of fruits and vegetables as essential components of a healthy diet is known as a risk factor for chronic diseases. Despite the nutritional and dietary recommendations of the World Health Organization, in many societies, people take less than the minimum recommended amount of these food groups. This study was conducted to determine fruit and vegetables consumption and to survey its associated factors in the staff of the Baqiyatallah University of medical sciences

This study is a descriptive-analytical study which was performed on 327 individuals from four health centers using random and Quota sampling methods. All the participants filled out the demographic characteristics, 54-items of the standard food frequency and the physical activity questionnaires during one month in 2011.

The mean fruits consumptions in men and women were 92±10 and 99±7 and the mean vegetables consumptions in men and women were 104±9 and 117±7 units per month, respectively. Fruit consumption in the age range of 31 to 40, was less than the other age ranges. Although, there was no significant difference for the associated factors like age, sex, body mass index, mean income, education and physical activity with fruit and vegetable consumption (p>0.05). The consumption of fruit and vegetable groups had a positive correlation with the dairy, cereal and meat groups.

According to the recommended levels of the food pyramid, the fruit and vegetable intake of the staff is sufficient. In order to reach a higher level of fruit and vegetable intake, it seems necessary to improve the awareness of employees about the beneficial effects of fruit and vegetable consumption on health.