Advancing Health and Sustainability: A Holistic Approach to Food Production and Dietary Habits DOI Creative Commons
Graça P. Carvalho, Eduardo Costa-Camilo, Isabel Duarte

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Foods, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 13(23), P. 3829 - 3829

Published: Nov. 27, 2024

Producing healthier food requires expertise in methods that yield significant benefits for human health, sustainability, economic growth, cultural heritage, and overall well-being. Investing conscientious sustainable systems can improve individual planetary quality of life by preventing diseases, delaying ageing, enhancing While healthy eating habits begin at home, schools play a pivotal role reinforcing them from an early age. Despite progress, challenges remain, underscoring the need prioritizing education literacy across all ages. Knowledge how production impacts personal health well-being is critical. A holistic approach essential addressing these complexities, considering physical, mental, social, environmental factors to identify balanced effective solutions. Such analyses examine system components interact, guiding development practices. The DM4You project exemplifies this approach. It unites Portuguese partners promote local consumption, focusing on soups, integral part traditional cuisine, made with diverse vegetables, legumes, olive oil, sometimes by-products. monitors 80 participants over three months assess dietary habits, soup fruit consumption. This crossover study evaluates influence diet offering insights into health-promoting

Language: Английский

Climate-smart livestock nutrition in semi-arid Southern African agricultural systems DOI Creative Commons
F. Fushai, Teedzai Chitura, O.E. Oke

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Frontiers in Veterinary Science, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 12

Published: Feb. 11, 2025

Climate change is disrupting the semi-arid agricultural systems in Southern Africa, where livestock crucial to food security and livelihoods. This review evaluates bioenergetic agroecological scope for climate-adaptive nutrition region. An analysis of literature on climate implications thermal welfare regional context was conducted. The information gathered systematically synthesized into tabular summaries fundamentals climate-smart bioenergetics, thermoregulation, heat stress defence mechanisms, thermo-bioactive feed components, potentially resources supports adoption when conceptualized as precision feeding combined with dietary strategies that enhance resilience livestock, adaptation production decline availability conventional feedstuffs by incorporating alternatives. keystone potential alternative are identified be small cereal grains, such sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum) energy sources, native legumes, cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) marama bean (Tylosema esculentum) protein wild browse Fabaceae trees Vachellia spp. Colophospermum mopane, which provide dry season drought supplementary protein, minerals, antioxidants, non-fabaceous tree species marula (Sclerocarya birrea), from animals consume electrolyte-rich fresh fruit or processed pulp. Feedstuffs circular include oilseed cakes macadamia (Macadamia integrifolia) nut, castor (Ricinus communis), Jatropha (Jatropha curcas) beans, rich energy, insect primarily black soldier fly larvae (Hermetia illucens), microbial phototrophic algae (Spirulina, Chlorella), yeasts (Saccharomyces cerevisiae). Additives thermo-functionally enhanced diets synthetic natural anti-oxidants, phytogenics, biotic agents (prebiotics, probiotics, synbiotics, postbiotics), electrolytes. presents a conceptual framework system across livestock-energy-water-food nexus, inform broader, in-depth research, promote farm practices support governmental policies tailored agroecology

Language: Английский

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Green and Innovative Extraction: Phenolic Profiles and Biological Activities of Underutilized Plant Extracts Using Pulsed Electric Fields and Maceration DOI Creative Commons
Noelia Pallarés, Houda Berrada, Emilia Ferrer

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Foods, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 14(2), P. 222 - 222

Published: Jan. 13, 2025

Underutilized plant species such as Asteriscus graveolens (Forssk.) Less., Haloxylon scoparium Pomel, and Ruta chalepensis L. have been historically valued in traditional medicine for their potential health benefits. These present an untapped source of bioactive compounds with significant applications the food pharmaceutical industries, including development functional foods additives. Recent advances processing introduced innovative methods, pulsed electric fields (PEFs), to enhance extraction valuable without compromising integrity or quality. This study investigates impact PEF technology on recovery from these plants, comparing it conventional maceration (MAC) techniques. Phenolic compound profiles biological activities, antioxidant, antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, cytotoxic effects, were evaluated. The results demonstrated that R. chalepensis, achieved comparable phenolic content (58 mg/g) MAC (72 mg/g). However, generally provided higher yields other plants. A. extracts exhibited antitumoral anti-inflammatory potentials. antimicrobial indicated more effective against bacterial growth, while outperformed brasiliensis (MIC: 10 mg/mL). Antioxidant was observed both TBARS IC50 values ranging 17 79.5 µg/mL. While yielded superior results, showed great promise environmentally sustainable alternative, eliminating need organic solvents aligning green principles.

Language: Английский

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A Large-Scale Agricultural Land Classification Method Based on Synergistic Integration of Time Series Red-Edge Vegetation Index and Phenological Features DOI Creative Commons

Huansan Zhao,

Chunyan Chang, Zhuoran Wang

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Sensors, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 25(2), P. 503 - 503

Published: Jan. 16, 2025

Agricultural land classification plays a pivotal role in food security and ecological sustainability, yet achieving accurate large-scale mapping remains challenging. This study presents methodological innovations through multi-level feature enhancement framework that transcends traditional time series analysis. Using Shandong Province, northern China's agricultural heartland, as case study, we first established foundation with red-edge vegetation indices (REVI) from Sentinel-2 imagery, uniquely combining the normalized difference red edge index (NDRE705) plant senescence reflectance (PSRI). Moving beyond conventional analysis, innovatively amplified key temporal characteristics newly designed spatial parameters (SFPs) phenological (PFPs). strategic of critical points significantly improved performance by capturing subtle patterns transitions are often overlooked approaches. The yielded three significant findings: (1) synergistic application NDRE705 PSRI outperformed single-index approaches, demonstrating effectiveness our dual-index strategy; (2) integration SFPs PFPs REVI markedly enhanced discrimination at crucial growth stages, showing superior capability distinguishing types signatures; (3) Our optimal scheme (FC6), leveraging both features, achieved remarkable accuracy (93.21%) Kappa coefficient 0.9159, representing improvements 4.83% 0.0538, respectively, over baseline approach. comprehensive successfully mapped 120,996 km2 land, differentiating winter wheat-summer maize rotation areas (39.44%), single-season crop fields (36.16%), orchards (14.49%), facility vegetable (9.91%). approach advances field introducing robust, scalable methodology not only utilizes full potential data but also strategically enhances features for accuracy, particularly valuable regions complex farming systems diverse patterns.

Language: Английский

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Advancing Health and Sustainability: A Holistic Approach to Food Production and Dietary Habits DOI Creative Commons
Graça P. Carvalho, Eduardo Costa-Camilo, Isabel Duarte

et al.

Foods, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 13(23), P. 3829 - 3829

Published: Nov. 27, 2024

Producing healthier food requires expertise in methods that yield significant benefits for human health, sustainability, economic growth, cultural heritage, and overall well-being. Investing conscientious sustainable systems can improve individual planetary quality of life by preventing diseases, delaying ageing, enhancing While healthy eating habits begin at home, schools play a pivotal role reinforcing them from an early age. Despite progress, challenges remain, underscoring the need prioritizing education literacy across all ages. Knowledge how production impacts personal health well-being is critical. A holistic approach essential addressing these complexities, considering physical, mental, social, environmental factors to identify balanced effective solutions. Such analyses examine system components interact, guiding development practices. The DM4You project exemplifies this approach. It unites Portuguese partners promote local consumption, focusing on soups, integral part traditional cuisine, made with diverse vegetables, legumes, olive oil, sometimes by-products. monitors 80 participants over three months assess dietary habits, soup fruit consumption. This crossover study evaluates influence diet offering insights into health-promoting

Language: Английский

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