New Research Finds Canned Tomatoes As Effective As Fresh Vegetables In Helping People Eat More Vegetables
The study, which looked at 21 adults' vegetable consumption, found that participants who were encouraged to add either one cup of Hunt's tomatoes or one cup of raw vegetables to their diets both increased their total vegetable intake during the study. When eating canned tomatoes, participants increased their intake to 2.28 cups, just shy of the recommended 2.5 cups a day. When adding raw vegetables, they increased it to 2.58 cups. The amounts were not statistically different from each other, but were significantly higher than starting intakes.
"It's not news that people struggle to eat adequate vegetables," says
Britt Burton-Freeman, PhD, Associate Professor of Food Science and Nutrition,
This research was supported by
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In the randomized, cross-over study, 21 adults were encouraged to add either one cup of Hunt's canned tomatoes (sauce, diced, whole, stewed or paste) or one cup of raw vegetables to their diets for two weeks each to test whether they would be able to increase their total vegetable intake. Participants' starting vegetable intake was 1.43 cups. Food group intakes were assessed using USDA's Food Pattern Equivalents Database.
Both groups increased vegetable consumption during the study. The average total vegetable intake between Tomato and Raw interventions at Week 2 were not statistically different, but both were higher than starting intake. When eating canned tomatoes, participants increased their daily total vegetable intake to 2.28 cups. When adding raw vegetables, they increased it to 2.58 cups.
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