{"id":772,"date":"2017-08-25T14:24:37","date_gmt":"2017-08-25T18:24:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/salge\/?page_id=772"},"modified":"2017-08-29T11:10:32","modified_gmt":"2017-08-29T15:10:32","slug":"functional-foods-quiz","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/salge\/functional-foods-quiz\/","title":{"rendered":"Functional Foods Quiz"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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When Food Becomes Your Medicine: Functional Foods <\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n

In attempt to fight heart disease, cancer, and numerous conditions that ails them, Americans are spending $25 billion annually on functional foods – foods that have a positive effect on your health beyond providing basic nutrients. Do these foods work? Maybe. <\/em>Are they superior to naturally grown fruits, vegetables and whole grains? Not necessarily. <\/em>Is fish considered a functional food? You betcha.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Take this quiz to find out more:<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1) Whole grains, such as brown rice, whole wheat bread, and popcorn can help reduce the risk of heart disease, certain cancers, and type 2 diabetes.<\/td>\n\n
True<\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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False<\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2) The fiber in beans, oatmeal, and pears can lower your cholesterol.<\/td>\nTrue<\/a><\/td>\n\n
False<\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3) Probiotics can reverse \u201ccrow’s feet\u201d, those nasty aging lines around your eyes.<\/td>\nTrue<\/a><\/td>\n\n
False<\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4) Eating two fish meals a week can reduce your risk of dying from heart disease.<\/td>\nTrue<\/a><\/td>\n\n
False<\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5) Milk chocolate is a sweet treat for you heart.<\/td>\nTrue<\/a><\/td>\n\n
False<\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When Food Becomes Your Medicine: Functional Foods In attempt to fight heart disease, cancer, and numerous conditions that ails them, Americans are spending $25 billion annually on functional foods – foods that have a positive effect on your health beyond providing basic nutrients. Do these foods work? Maybe. Are they superior to naturally grown fruits, … Continue reading Functional Foods Quiz<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6783,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/salge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/772"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/salge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/salge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/salge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6783"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/salge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=772"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/salge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/772\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":799,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/salge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/772\/revisions\/799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/salge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}