A HEALTHY DOSE OF VEGETABLES EVERY DAY MAY HELP KEEP THE HEART ARTERIES CLEAR, A STUDY IN MICE SUGGESTS. RESEARCHERS FOUND THAT LAB MICE GIVEN A DIET FULL OF BROCCOLI, CARROTS, GREEN BEANS, CORN AND PEAS DEVELOPED FAR LESS ARTERY NARROWING THAN THOSE REARED ON A VEGGIE-FREE DIET, ACCORDING TO REUTERS. FOR HUMANS, THE FINDINGS OFFER MORE SUPPORT FOR THE ADVICE HEALTH EXPERTS AND MOTHERS HAVE LONG GIVEN: EAT YOUR VEGETABLES. DISCOUNTING FRENCH FRIES, MOST AMERICANS AREN'T ADEQUATELY HEEDING THAT ADVICE, NOTED THE STUDY'S LEAD AUTHOR, DR. MICHAEL R. ADAMS OF WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE IN WINSTON-SALEM, NORTH CAROLINA. THE NEW RESEARCH, HE EXPLAINED IN AN INTERVIEW, ADDS TO WHAT'S KNOWN ABOUT THE HEALTH BENEFITS OF VEGETABLES BY SHOWING THAT THEY MAY THWART THE PROGRESSION OF ATHEROSCLEROSIS, A HARDENING AND NARROWING OF ARTERIES THAT CAN LEAD TO HEART DISEASE AND STROKE. SOME STUDIES HAVE FOUND THAT PEOPLE WHO EAT MORE VEGETABLES TEND TO HAVE FEWER HEART ATTACKS, BUT STUDIES SUCH AS THOSE ARE NOT DEFINITIVE. THE CURRENT STUDY, PUBLISHED IN THE JOURNAL OF NUTRITION, APPEARS TO BE THE FIRST TO LOOK AT WHETHER VEGETABLE CONSUMPTION CAN INTERFERE WITH THE PROCESS OF ATHEROSCLEROSIS. --More 19/06/2006 23:48 ت م
