Summary of March Journal Club Discussion
Click here for a summary of your discussions from the three questions from March's journal article.
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ISU Dietetic Internship Journal Club
Objective: To become familiar with current scientific literature on a variety of nutrition topics and to gain experience in gathering, organizing, critically evaluating, presenting and facilitating group discussion of the literature and the implications to practice.
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Question 1: Since the adolescents intakes of flavonoids were lower than the average adult, what foods would you recommend that contain flavonoids to a parent, and how would you describe what flavonoids are? Think of foods that typical kids will eat.
Many of you including these things in your definition of flavonoids: Gives fruits and vegetables their deep colors, are components of plants that have anti-inflammatory, anti-viral, and antioxidant properties, prevent illness and chronic disease, and are beneficial to health. Here are additional facts about flavonoids according to the article; Most common subclass of polyphenols, are concentrated in the skins and peels of fruits and vegetables, and protect plants from pathogens, ultraviolet light, and other stress.
Here are a few examples from the many that were stated; apples, blueberries, strawberries, raspberries, broccoli, beans, onions, and tomatoes. You all had great ideas to incorporate more flavonoids into children’s diets. Here are some of the highlights; Tacos with beans, tomatoes and onions, smoothies, whole fruit in cereal, veggies in casseroles, yogurt with cereal and fruit, and trail mixes that contain dried fruit and veggies. Eating the colors of the rainbow is a good general saying to get the flavonoids present in fruits and vegetables. According to the article, the most majority of flavonoids consumed in the U.S. are found in onions, apples, and tea.
Question 2: What is your opinion on keeping fruit juice and french fried potatoes separate from the fruit and vegetable group? Why do you think the intakes of fruit juice and french-fried potatoes were not related to any biomarker for inflammation and oxidative stress?
All in all, everyone agreed with the researchers on keeping the fruit juice and French fries separate from the fruit and vegetable group. The majority of you said that French fries should not be included because of their high saturated fat content, sodium, and decreased nutrient value when fried. The majority of you said that juice should not be included because many do not drink 100% juice, fruit juice is processed, high in sugar, and provides empty calories. According to the article, the two reasons why they did not include French fries and juice in the fruit and vegetable category was because of the high sugar content in juice and the high fat content in french-fried potatoes.
Many of you stated that French fries and juice would not be related to biomarkers of stress because when there are no nutrients, antioxidants, and flavonoids left after processing. You also said that the peels would be gone, thus decreasing or totally eliminating its flavonoids.
Question 3: As health professionals, what are some ideas we can use to promote the benefits of fruits and vegetables for adolescents or ideas to get them to consume more than half of the recommended amount?
Here are most all of your great ideas compiled; Take kids shopping and let them pick out their own fruits/veggies, let kids help with cooking, add fruits/veggies to their favorite foods, find unusual fruits/veggies to spark their curiosity, have a “Stir Fry” or “Salad Bar” night, have majority of meals at home, work with your local school district, start a gardening program, make veggies easily accessible, instruct parents on being role models.
The above summary was prepared by Meredith Tibbe.
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