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SS Seasonal Vegetables Social Media Post (Tomato (Research (Chromium…
SS Seasonal Vegetables Social Media Post
Benefits of Eating Seasonally:
Cheaper
More delicious
More nutritious
More sustainable
Tomato
High in vitamin C, A,, K, E, potassium, calcium
citric, malic, oxalic acid (help accelerate metabolism and filter out fatty deposits from body. (weight management)
High in antioxidants - anti=inflammatory, decrease insulin resistance**
Carotenoids
Lycopene, protective against cancer
Research
Carotenoids
Diabetes mellitus and serum carotenoids: findings of a population-based study in Queensland, Australia.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16155284
Serum carotenoids are inversely associated with type 2 diabetes and impaired glucose metabolism. ** not a dietary study
Dietary intake of carotenoids and risk of type 2 diabetes.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25716098
This study shows that diets high in β-carotene and α-carotene (not necessarily all carotenoids) are associated with reduced type 2 diabetes in generally healthy men and women.
Chromium
European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). (2010) Scientific Opinion on the substantiation of health claims related to chromium. EFSA Journal 2010;8(10):1732.
European Food Safety Authority approved the health claims that chromium ‘contributes to normal macronutrient metabolism’ and ‘helps maintain normal glucose concentrations’.
(claims can only be made for foods containing a significant amount of chromium - over 6 µg per 100 g of product.)
Balk EM, Tatsioni A, Lichtenstein AH, Lau J, Pittas AG. (2007) Effect of chromium supplementation on glucose metabolism and lipids: a systematic review of randomised controlled trials. Diabetes Care 30:2154-2163
A scientific review: the role of chromium in insulin resistance.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15208835
Dietary chromium is poorly absorbed. Chromium levels decrease with age. Supplements containing 200-1,000 mcg chromium as chromium picolinate a day have been found to improve blood glucose control.
Role of Chromium in Human Health and in Diabetes
http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/27/11/2741
BIOLOGIC ACTIONS OF CHROMIUM
chromium serves as a cofactor for insulin action
Lycopene
Lycopene in cancer therapy
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4832910/
lycopene with its anti-oxidant and multi-targeted anti-carcinogenic properties is of promising use in preventing and combating cancer.
Multitargeted therapy of cancer by lycopene
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2615641/
chromium
essential trace element
important for maintaining normal glucose concentrations’
chromium serves as a cofactor for insulin action
Low in glucose