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JOURNAL OF NUTRITION
Volume 141, Issue 10, Pages 1827-1833Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.3945/jn.111.139659
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- USDA [2008-35200-18723]
- NCI Cancer Center [NIH-CCSG-CA 023074]
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The optimal amount of vegetable consumption required to reduce chronic disease risk is widely debated. Intervention trials evaluating biological activity of vegetables at various doses are limited. We conducted a 3-dose, crossover feeding trial to test the hypothesis that vegetable intake is associated in a dose-dependent manner with increased plasma carotenoids and subsequently reduced oxidative stress and inflammation in 49 overweight, postmenopausal women. Participants were assigned in random order to 2 (130 g), 5 1287 g), and 10 (614 g) daily servings of fresh, greenhouse-grown vegetables for 3-wk intervals with a 4-wk washout period between treatments. Plasma total carotenoids significantly increased from 1.63 to 2.07 mu mol/L with a dose of 2 vegetable servings, from 1.49 to 2.84 mu mol/L with a dose of 5 vegetable servings, and from 1.40 to 4.42 mu mol/L with a dose of 10 vegetable servings (pre-post paired t tests, all P < 0.001). The change during each feeding period increased with each dose level (P < 0.001). Urine concentrations of 8-isoprostane F2 alpha, hexanoyl lysine, and serum high sensitivity C-reactive protein were not affected by any administered vegetable dose. In this variable-dose vegetable study, a dose-response for plasma carotenoids was demonstrated without significant change in oxidative stress and inflammation in overweight, postmenopausal women. J. Nutr. 141: 1827 1833, 2011.
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