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Macronutrients
Published in Chuong Pham-Huy, Bruno Pham Huy, Food and Lifestyle in Health and Disease, 2022
Chuong Pham-Huy, Bruno Pham Huy
On a worldwide basis, plant protein foods contribute over 60% of the per capita supply of protein, on average (1). Plant sources of proteins include legumes (lucernes, peas, beans, lentils, lupines, soybeans, peanuts, tamarinds, etc.), nuts, seeds, and fruits. These vegetarian foods are high in protein with protein concentrations greater than 7% (1). Other seeds and nuts rich in proteins and amino acids are: kidney beans, white beans, chickpeas, cowpeas, lima beans, pigeon peas, lupines, wing beans, almonds, Brazil nuts, cashews, pecans, walnuts, pumpkin seeds, hemp seeds, sesame seeds, chia seeds, and sunflower seeds. Fruits rich in proteins and amino acids include avocado, jackfruit, banana, cherries, kiwi, orange, pomegranate, raspberries, peaches, nectarines, currants, and grapefruits. Plant foods have advantages over animal foods regarding the prevention of harmful chronic diseases such as cardiovascular diseases, cancer, and obesity thanks to their low saturated fats and cholesterol. Indeed, vegans can obtain all essential amino acids by eating a variety of plant proteins.
Legumes
Published in Christopher Cumo, Ancestral Diets and Nutrition, 2020
Boiled beans and corn, known as succotash, were popular throughout North America. Today lima beans are standard in the dish. Chapter 12 mentions the Amerindian preference for pairing beans and corn in several ways. In parts of North and South America, the three sisters, as intimated, defined foodways. Richard Steckel and coauthors stated that American Indians who ate this trio were less healthy than their hunter-gatherer predecessors.131
Catalog of Herbs
Published in James A. Duke, Handbook of Medicinal Herbs, 2018
Lima bean is grown for green or dried shelled beans that are eaten cooked and seasoned or mixed with other vegetables or foods. Lima beans are marketed green or dry, canned or frozen. Green immature pods of some cultivars may be eaten cooked as a green vegetable. Sprouts are also eaten.
Association of Carotenoid Intake with Pulmonary Function
Published in Journal of the American College of Nutrition, 2021
The participants’ average dietary intake data were collected by an interviewer using a 66-item, semiquantitative food frequency questionnaire (FFQ), a modified version of the 61-item questionnaire developed by Walter Willett (9). The major modification was the inclusion of an interviewer trained to use a standardized procedure for administrating the dietary questionnaire (10). Participants were asked how often on average they had consumed a specified portion size of each food during the preceding year with nine response categories available. Daily nutrient intake was calculated by multiplying the nutrient content of the specified portion of each food item by the frequency of its daily consumption and summing over all items. For this study, daily intakes of the five carotenoids, α- and β-carotene, β-cryptoxanthin, lycopene, and lutein/zeaxanthin, were calculated from the ARIC FFQ, then, the total carotenoids were calculated. Intake of carotenoid-rich foods was calculated by adding the number of servings consumed daily of fruits and vegetables that are rich in each carotenoid. Foods that are rich in provitamin A included carrots, dark yellow, winter squashes such as acorn or butternut squash, oranges, and sweet potatoes. Foods that are rich in other carotenoids included broccoli, spinach, peas or lima beans, and tomatoes.
Localized delivery of therapeutic doxorubicin dose across the canine blood–brain barrier with hyperthermia and temperature sensitive liposomes
Published in Drug Delivery, 2018
Amy Lee Bredlau, Anjan Motamarry, Chao Chen, M. A. McCrackin, Kris Helke, Kent E. Armeson, Katrina Bynum, Ann-Marie Broome, Dieter Haemmerich
There are a number of eligible brain models for investigation of therapies for high-grade gliomas. Mice are often used, as they can be bred for multiple purposes. However, their brains are approximately the size of a lima bean, and so hyperthermia is hard to keep localized in such tight quarters. Larger mammals are superior for the assessment of both efficacy and toxicity of localized hyperthermia and allow for the use of hyperthermia probes of same size as used in human patients rather than customized miniature probes for rodent use. Canines are particularly useful as models for brain tumors as they develop de novo tumors that are similar to those of humans (e.g. glioblastomas and meningiomas), so they are useful models for both proof of principle and efficacy trials. Hence, for this study, a canine model was used. Notably, research results are relevant to the treatment of brain tumors in both humans and companion dogs.