Although
we all have to understand that the body needs a supply of fruits and
vegetables every day, but often most of us do not fulfill. Maybe a new study will change your mind.
Researchers from Harvard University found that people in the body has a high carotenoid content tend to be more optimistic. Another
study also found that optimistic people not only have a fresh look, but
also tend to live longer and suffer fewer heart-related diseases.
Carotenoids are compounds commonly found in fruits and vegetables. Carotenoids
are a type of antioxidant, good for improving health care quality
because kartenoid can keep the molecule in the body of the production of
free radicals that can cause disease and other health problems.
The
study, published in the journal Psychosomatic Medicine examined 982 men
and women aged 25 to 74 years, enrolled in the Midlife in the United
States Study. The
participants were asked to perform a blood test to analyze the
concentration of antioxidants, including carotenoids such as
beta-carotene found in vegetables such as carrots and spinach and
Vitamin E.
The participants were also asked to fill out questionnaires to examine the everyday attitudes and their level of optimism. The study found that people who are more optimistic have up to 13 percent more carotenoids than those who are less optimistic. Almost
the same as the earlier conclusion, researchers found that people who
ate three or more servings of fruits and vegetables a day is more
optimistic than those who ate fruits and vegetables only two servings or
less. However, researchers found no link between optimism and Vitamin E, which is obtained in foods such as wheat germ and peanut oil.
Because
the researchers examined blood concentration and the level of optimism
only once, they can not be sure whether to eat more fruits and
vegetables cause people to be more optimistic, or otherwise, does
optimislah attitude that makes people eat more fruits and vegetables. Previous studies have shown that optimistic people tend to choose a healthy lifestyle, such as smoking abstinence.
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