The (US) Centre for Disease Control has released a study, defining 41 powerhouse fruit & vegetables
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"National nutrition guidelines emphasize consumption of powerhouse fruits and vegetables (PFV), foods most strongly associated with reduced chronic disease risk; yet efforts to define PFV are lacking. This study developed and validated a classification scheme defining PFV as foods providing, on average, 10% or more daily value per 100 kcal of 17 qualifying nutrients. "
http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2014/13_0390.htm/
Really interesting read.
I'm taping this list to my fridge and taking a copy to my green grocer tomorrow.
http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2014/13_0390.htm/
Really interesting read.
I'm taping this list to my fridge and taking a copy to my green grocer tomorrow.
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Items in cruciferous (watercress, Chinese cabbage, collard green, kale, arugula) and green leafy (chard, beet green, spinach, chicory, leaf lettuce) groups were concentrated in the top half of the distribution of scores
So pretty much everything that tastes like **** is good for you. How much tax money did the CDC spend to figure this out?0 -
Not going to change my shopping habits, but I would not have expected to see iceberg lettuce above grapefruit and sweet potatoes0
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Ugh, the term grates.....and why were phytochemicals excluded from the classification scheme?0
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herrspoons wrote: »Powerhouse?
Lol!
Precisely.
Simpler advice: eat vegetables. Also other foods.
This need to find superfoods or powerhouse foods or whatever is so absurd.0 -
Sweet, I eat about half of those things regularly. Will literally forget everything on that list within an hour, but sweet.0
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lemurcat12 wrote: »herrspoons wrote: »Powerhouse?
Lol!
Precisely.
Simpler advice: eat vegetables. Also other foods.
This need to find superfoods or powerhouse foods or whatever is so absurd.
Someone's got to trick people who aren't eating enough vegetables to do so, so they give them cool names like "Superfoods." I mean, who doesn't want to eat food that's on par with Superman. It's really all a government conspiracy to get kids to eat brussel sprouts.0 -
uconnwinsnc1 wrote: »Items in cruciferous (watercress, Chinese cabbage, collard green, kale, arugula) and green leafy (chard, beet green, spinach, chicory, leaf lettuce) groups were concentrated in the top half of the distribution of scores
So pretty much everything that tastes like **** is good for you. How much tax money did the CDC spend to figure this out?
LOL That list you quoted contains many of my favorite foods.0 -
lemurcat12 wrote: »herrspoons wrote: »Powerhouse?
Lol!
Precisely.
Simpler advice: eat vegetables. Also other foods.
This need to find superfoods or powerhouse foods or whatever is so absurd.
Someone's got to trick people who aren't eating enough vegetables to do so, so they give them cool names like "Superfoods." I mean, who doesn't want to eat food that's on par with Superman. It's really all a government conspiracy to get kids to eat brussel sprouts.
It probably won't work any better than Popeye telling us to eat spinach did.0 -
^^^^^ hah! I was just about to mention that can of spinach in Popeye's hand!0
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I heart spinach0
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I'm excited that Spinach is ranked higher than kale, and red bell peppers are almost as high. I now feel justified in my avoidance of kale.0
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Speak for yourselNeed2Exerc1se wrote: »lemurcat12 wrote: »herrspoons wrote: »Powerhouse?
Lol!
Precisely.
Simpler advice: eat vegetables. Also other foods.
This need to find superfoods or powerhouse foods or whatever is so absurd.
Someone's got to trick people who aren't eating enough vegetables to do so, so they give them cool names like "Superfoods." I mean, who doesn't want to eat food that's on par with Superman. It's really all a government conspiracy to get kids to eat brussel sprouts.
It probably won't work any better than Popeye telling us to eat spinach did.
Spinach-beet-carrot juice was my favourite drink as I kid, and I loved Popeye. Brussel sprouts were also my favourite vegetable. I was a weird kid.0 -
I ignore stuff like this, just eat a wide variety of fresh fruits and veggies and take my health chances that I'm not eating the Foods That Will Make Me Immortal.0
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The cdc needs a better marketing firm to spin this sillyness if they hope to lure kids away from instant meals in a box, teenage mutant ninja turtle double death cheese burger just sounds more delicious then PFV.0
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I can't possibly the only one seriously annoyed they are calling them "PFV's"
seriously?0 -
Speak for yourselNeed2Exerc1se wrote: »lemurcat12 wrote: »herrspoons wrote: »Powerhouse?
Lol!
Precisely.
Simpler advice: eat vegetables. Also other foods.
This need to find superfoods or powerhouse foods or whatever is so absurd.
Someone's got to trick people who aren't eating enough vegetables to do so, so they give them cool names like "Superfoods." I mean, who doesn't want to eat food that's on par with Superman. It's really all a government conspiracy to get kids to eat brussel sprouts.
It probably won't work any better than Popeye telling us to eat spinach did.
Spinach-beet-carrot juice was my favourite drink as I kid, and I loved Popeye. Brussel sprouts were also my favourite vegetable. I was a weird kid.
Brussels sprouts were my favorite too, but I'm pretty sure it had something to do with a particular preparation involving bacon.0 -
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Garlic, onion, and blueberry didn't make the list? Heresy and lies!0
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