Wednesday, January 17, 2007
ISLAMABAD: A multiyear study has more than 100,000 participants provides added support that consuming lots of fruit and vegetables is extremely good for the heart. But the analysis failed to show same advantage for cancer, a result that prompted the Journal of the National Cancer Institute to lift questions about its findings.
The report supports the American Heart Association's recommendations to eat at least five servings of fruit and vegetables per day, according to the researchers, led by Dr. Walter Willett of the Harvard School of Public Health.
Thursday, January 11, 2007
The fashion of eating dry fruits remains all through the year, but considerably increases only during the winter season. Not only that, but the business is much better and much greater than that during summer. They have always been enjoyed by people of all ages. There is a range to choose from with different prices that could be sky high during winters.
Peanuts, cashew nuts, almonds, pistachios, groundnuts and so many other forms of dry fruits are accessible in Pakistan. Some other fruits, which are normally included in the dry fruit category, are dried apricots, figs, sultanas (big raisins commonly referred to as munaqaas) and as well small raisins. Though all figures of dry fruits are obtainable all through the year in the country, chilgoza are only obtainable for four months from September till December and lean to remain the most sought after items in dry fruits.
The demand and supply of these dry fruits improves in the winter. In Pakistan, dry fruits normally come from areas like Quetta, Chaman, Loralai, Banu, Gilgit, Skardu, and Cholistan, wherein Quetta is the leading supplier in Pakistan. However, according to market experts and wholesalers, Afghanistan and Iran remain the leading suppliers of dry fruits especially pistachios and almonds.
