tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6593344559272725002024-02-21T16:02:49.206-08:00The Great MindsGreathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16154308490840279791noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-659334455927272500.post-63316648226705227132011-10-13T10:20:00.000-07:002011-10-13T10:20:29.726-07:00Health Benefits of Corn<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Is corn good for you? What are the health benefits of corn? What is the nutritional value of corn? </span></div><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">The yellow and sweet corn, or also known as maize in some countries, is a favorite snack when boiled, steamed or grilled and rubbed with butter. In South East Asia, a stir fry mixed vegetables including baby corn or candle corn is a favorite side dish. And corn pudding is a much loved dessert. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Corn flakes and corn pops are healthy breakfast cereals. Corn flakes are also used as an ingredient for corn flake cookies. Other than these, extracts from corns are used to make corn oil and corns are also milled and processed to produce corn starch, flour and syrup. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">There are many health benefits of eating corns because they contain many important nutrients. Raw sweet, yellow corns contain protein, carbohydrate, <u>dietary fiber,</u> starch, glucose and fructose. The vitamins and minerals available are many of the B vitamins mainly folate, <u>choline</u> and niacin, <u>vitamin C,</u> Vitamin A, potassium, phosphorus, magnesium, calcium and sodium. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">It also contains lutein plus zeaxanthin, alpha and <u>beta carotene</u> and beta cryptoxanthin. Lutein, zeaxanthin and cryptoxanthin are antioxidant carotenoids. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: #8f8fb3 1pt solid; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #8F8FB3 .25pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; line-height: normal; margin: 22.45pt 0in 10pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #8F8FB3 .25pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 3; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Nutrition Facts for 100g or Raw Sweet Yellow Corn</span></b></div></div><table border="1" cellpadding="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="mso-cellspacing: 1.5pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;"><tbody>
<tr style="mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #ece9d8; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: #ece9d8; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-bottom: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-top: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Nutrients</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"></span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #ece9d8; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: #ece9d8; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-bottom: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-top: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Units</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"></span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #ece9d8; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: #ece9d8; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-bottom: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-top: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Water</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #ece9d8; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: #ece9d8; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-bottom: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-top: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">76.05g</span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #ece9d8; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: #ece9d8; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-bottom: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-top: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Energy </span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #ece9d8; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: #ece9d8; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-bottom: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-top: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">86 kcal</span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 3;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #ece9d8; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: #ece9d8; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-bottom: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-top: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Protein </span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #ece9d8; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: #ece9d8; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-bottom: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-top: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">3.27g </span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 4;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #ece9d8; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: #ece9d8; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-bottom: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-top: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Total lipid (fat) </span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #ece9d8; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: #ece9d8; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-bottom: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-top: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">1.35g </span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 5;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #ece9d8; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: #ece9d8; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-bottom: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-top: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Carbohydrate </span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #ece9d8; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: #ece9d8; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-bottom: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-top: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">18.70g </span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 6;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #ece9d8; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: #ece9d8; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-bottom: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-top: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Dietary Fiber </span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #ece9d8; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: #ece9d8; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-bottom: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-top: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">2.0g </span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 7;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #ece9d8; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: #ece9d8; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-bottom: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-top: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Total Sugars</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #ece9d8; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: #ece9d8; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-bottom: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-top: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">6.26g </span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 8;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #ece9d8; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: #ece9d8; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-bottom: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-top: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Starch</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #ece9d8; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: #ece9d8; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-bottom: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-top: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">5.70g </span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 9;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #ece9d8; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: #ece9d8; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-bottom: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-top: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Calcium </span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #ece9d8; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: #ece9d8; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-bottom: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-top: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">2mg </span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 10;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #ece9d8; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: #ece9d8; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-bottom: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-top: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Iron </span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #ece9d8; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: #ece9d8; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-bottom: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-top: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">0.52mg </span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 11;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #ece9d8; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: #ece9d8; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-bottom: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-top: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Magnesium </span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #ece9d8; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: #ece9d8; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-bottom: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-top: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">37mg </span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 12;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #ece9d8; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: #ece9d8; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-bottom: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-top: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Phosphorus </span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #ece9d8; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: #ece9d8; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-bottom: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-top: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">89mg </span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 13;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #ece9d8; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: #ece9d8; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-bottom: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-top: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Potassium </span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #ece9d8; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: #ece9d8; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-bottom: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-top: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">270mg </span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 14;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #ece9d8; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: #ece9d8; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-bottom: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-top: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Sodium </span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #ece9d8; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: #ece9d8; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-bottom: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-top: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">15mg </span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 15;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #ece9d8; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: #ece9d8; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-bottom: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-top: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Zinc </span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #ece9d8; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: #ece9d8; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-bottom: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-top: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">0.46mg </span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 16;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #ece9d8; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: #ece9d8; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-bottom: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-top: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Copper </span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #ece9d8; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: #ece9d8; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-bottom: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-top: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">0.054mg </span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 17;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #ece9d8; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: #ece9d8; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-bottom: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-top: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Manganese </span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #ece9d8; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: #ece9d8; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-bottom: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-top: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">0.163mg </span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 18;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #ece9d8; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: #ece9d8; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-bottom: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-top: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Selenium </span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #ece9d8; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: #ece9d8; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-bottom: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-top: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">0.6µg </span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 19;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #ece9d8; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: #ece9d8; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-bottom: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-top: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Vitamin C </span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #ece9d8; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: #ece9d8; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-bottom: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-top: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">6.8mg </span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 20;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #ece9d8; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: #ece9d8; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-bottom: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-top: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Thiamine </span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #ece9d8; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: #ece9d8; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-bottom: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-top: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">0.155mg </span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 21;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #ece9d8; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: #ece9d8; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-bottom: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-top: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Riboflavin </span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #ece9d8; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: #ece9d8; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-bottom: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-top: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">0.055mg </span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 22;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #ece9d8; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: #ece9d8; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-bottom: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-top: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Niacin </span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #ece9d8; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: #ece9d8; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-bottom: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-top: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">1.770mg </span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 23;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #ece9d8; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: #ece9d8; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-bottom: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-top: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Pantothenic acid </span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #ece9d8; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: #ece9d8; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-bottom: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-top: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">0.717mg </span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 24;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #ece9d8; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: #ece9d8; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-bottom: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-top: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Vitamin B6 </span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #ece9d8; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: #ece9d8; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-bottom: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-top: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">0.093mg </span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 25;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #ece9d8; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: #ece9d8; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-bottom: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-top: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Folate </span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #ece9d8; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: #ece9d8; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-bottom: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-top: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">42µg </span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 26;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #ece9d8; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: #ece9d8; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-bottom: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-top: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Choline </span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #ece9d8; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: #ece9d8; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-bottom: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-top: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">23.0mg </span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 27;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #ece9d8; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: #ece9d8; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-bottom: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-top: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Vitamin A </span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #ece9d8; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: #ece9d8; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-bottom: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-top: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">187IU</span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 28;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #ece9d8; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: #ece9d8; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-bottom: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-top: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Vitamin E </span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #ece9d8; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: #ece9d8; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-bottom: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-top: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">0.07mg</span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 29;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #ece9d8; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: #ece9d8; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-bottom: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-top: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Beta Carotene</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #ece9d8; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: #ece9d8; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-bottom: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-top: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">47µg</span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 30;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #ece9d8; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: #ece9d8; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-bottom: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-top: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Alpha Carotene</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #ece9d8; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: #ece9d8; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-bottom: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-top: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">16µg</span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 31;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #ece9d8; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: #ece9d8; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-bottom: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-top: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Beta Cryptoxanthin</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #ece9d8; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: #ece9d8; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-bottom: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-top: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">115µg</span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 32;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #ece9d8; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: #ece9d8; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-bottom: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-top: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Lutein + zeaxanthin</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #ece9d8; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: #ece9d8; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-bottom: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-top: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">644µg</span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 33; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #ece9d8; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: #ece9d8; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-bottom: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-top: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Vitamin K </span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #ece9d8; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: #ece9d8; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-bottom: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-top: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">0.3µg</span></div></td></tr>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">One of the benefits of corn is it provides lutein which the body cannot produce. Lutein is an important nutrient for eye health. A lack of lutein may destroy macula tissue and develop cataracts or blindness as a person ages. The recommended dosage of lutein is 6 mg per day. A cup of corn flakes only provides 325mcg of lutein and half a cup of boiled corn kernels provides only about 600mcg. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Zeaxanthin is the pigment that produces the yellow color in corns. According to research done at the Harvard Medical School, the carotenoid called zeaxanthin is essential to protect the retina from damaging effects of light. <u>Lutein and zeaxanthin</u> usually are found together and both these carotenoid are essential nutrients to avoid the risk of eye degeneration. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">The other health benefits of corn include helping fight against free radicals and may reduce the risk of certain serious lung problems and the risk of infections. This is because of the presence of the powerful <u>antioxidant</u> called beta carotene. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">The National Institutes of Health published an article in August 2005 about a study made on another carotenoid called beta cryptoxanthin. The study showed that an increase intake of beta cryptoxanthin may reduce the risk of developing inflammatory disorders such as rheumatoid arthritis. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Eating a half cup of boiled corn kernels will provide you with 163 IU of vitamin A. Vitamin A is known for its positive effect on vision. Vitamin A may also aid in building your immune function, bone metabolism and skin health. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">One of the other health benefits of corn is in the contents of the B vitamins especially <u>folate.</u> Folate may reduce neural tube defect which are defects affecting the brain and spinal cord. Women who are capable of getting pregnant should take adequate amount of folate. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Corn contains dietary fiber which is useful for colon health. Eating corn may prevent constipation and irritable bowel. The <u>potassium</u> present in corn will benefit your muscles and kidney function. And phosphorus is necessary to help develop strong bones and teeth, remove toxins through the kidney and provides the body with energy. It also aids in proper digestion and is beneficial for reproductive health.</span></div></span>Greathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16154308490840279791noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-659334455927272500.post-52969732327474849182011-10-13T10:15:00.000-07:002011-10-13T10:15:48.716-07:00Health Benefits of Groundnuts/Peanuts<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 16.2pt; margin: 0in 0in 9pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Gorundnuts / Peanut as most of us do not know came from a legume family (and not in the nut family) just like a bean or pea. The nuts originate from the stems, but are pushed into the ground by the plant at an early stage, and it is underground that they mature. The peanut plant can grow to about 30 to 50 cm (1 to 1½ ft) tall. </span></span></div><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Peanut originates from semi-arid areas of Brazil while India, tropical Africa, and China are the leading peanut producing countries. While there are many varieties of peanuts, the ones most commonly found in the marketplace are the </span><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Virginia</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">, </span><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Spanish</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">, </span><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Valencia</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"> and </span><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Runner</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">. The round </span><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Spanish</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"> peanut has a full rich taste, and is usually used for roasting. The </span><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Virginia</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"> peanut is larger and oblong, and is commonly sold in-shell. It has a more nutty flavor. The </span><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Valencia</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"> peanut has a very bright red skin and small kernels. This variety is very sweet and is sold roasted in the shell. The most common commercial variety is the redskin </span><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">"jumbo runner</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">" over half of these peanuts are used for peanut butter. Because of their high protein content and chemical profile, peanuts are processed into a variety of different forms, including butter, oil, flour, and flakes. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 16.2pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Peanut Butter </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 16.2pt; margin: 0in 0in 9pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Nutritive Values: Per 100 gm.</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 16.2pt; margin: 0in 0in 6pt 24pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Vitamin B: Thiamine .30 mg.; </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 16.2pt; margin: 0in 0in 6pt 24pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Riboflavin .13 mg.; </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 16.2pt; margin: 0in 0in 6pt 24pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Niacin 16.2 mg. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 16.2pt; margin: 0in 0in 6pt 24pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Vitamin E: 8 mg. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 16.2pt; margin: 0in 0in 6pt 24pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Calcium: 74 mg. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 16.2pt; margin: 0in 0in 6pt 24pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Iron: 1.9 mg. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 16.2pt; margin: 0in 0in 6pt 24pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Phosphorus: 393 mg. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 16.2pt; margin: 0in 0in 6pt 24pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Potassium: 337 mg. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 16.2pt; margin: 0in 0in 6pt 24pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Fat: 44.2 gm. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 16.2pt; margin: 0in 0in 6pt 24pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Carbohydrates: 23.6 gm. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 16.2pt; margin: 0in 0in 6pt 24pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Protein: 26.9 gm. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 16.2pt; margin: 0in 0in 6pt 24pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Calories: 559</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 16.2pt; margin: 0in 0in 9pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Health Benefits of Peanuts:</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 16.2pt; margin: 0in 0in 6pt 24pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Whole peanuts contains high amount of protein, which makes it a preferred diet of those people engaged in body-building and those people who are weak and underweight. The raw peanut butter with crushed skin contains much higher amounts of nutrient than refined "nut-only" butter. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 16.2pt; margin: 0in 0in 6pt 24pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Peanut is a good source of </span><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Coenzyme Q10</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> which protects the heart during the period of lack of oxygen example high altitudes and clogged arteries. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 16.2pt; margin: 0in 0in 6pt 24pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Peanuts contain high concentrations of antioxidant </span><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">polyphenols</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">, primarily a compound called </span><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">p-coumaric acid</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">. Roasting peanuts increases its </span><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">p-coumaric acid levels</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">, boosting it overall antioxidant content by as much as 22%. Roasted peanuts rival the antioxidant content of blackberries and strawberries, and are far richer in antioxidants than apples, carrots or beets. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 16.2pt; margin: 0in 0in 6pt 24pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Unsalted peanuts are good for your arteries. One quarter cup of peanuts contains as much monunsaturated fat as a tablespoon of olive oil. Monounsaturated fats have been shown to lower blood cholesterol. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 16.2pt; margin: 0in 0in 6pt 24pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Peanuts' high niacin content helps in the recovery of cell damage provides protection against Alzheimer's disease and age-related cognitive problem. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 16.2pt; margin: 0in 0in 6pt 24pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Peanut contain vitamin E, a powerful antioxidant that is shown to significantly reduce the risk of cancer and cardiovascular diseases. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 16.2pt; margin: 0in 0in 6pt 24pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Peanut contain iron which is essential for the correct functioning of red blood cells. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 16.2pt; margin: 0in 0in 6pt 24pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Peanut is rich in calcium which helps promotes healthy bones. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 16.2pt; margin: 0in 0in 6pt 24pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Peanut has higher bioflavonoid </span><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">resveratrol</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> content than grapes. This bioflavonoid is believed to improve blood flow in the brain by as much as 30%, thus greatly reducing the risk of stroke. Study showed that by adding even small amounts of peanut products to the diet can reduce LDL (bad) cholesterol by 14%. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 16.2pt; margin: 0in 0in 6pt 24pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Peanuts' fiber content helps lower the risk of colon cancer, an ounce of peanuts contains 2 grams of fiber. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 16.2pt; margin: 0in 0in 6pt 24pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Peanut helps to accelerate the growth of male and female hormones.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 16.2pt; margin: 0in 0in 9pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Allergic Reactions to Peanuts: </span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Though the allergy may last a lifetime, study indicates that 23.3% of children will outgrow a peanut allergy. It is important to note that peanut is a member of the legume family and it is not related to nuts, individuals with peanut allergies may not be allergic to nuts and vice versa.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 16.2pt; margin: 0in 0in 6pt 24pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Individuals with kidney or gallbladder problems should avoid eating peanuts, because peanuts contain measurable amounts of </span><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">oxalates</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">, a naturally occurring substance found in plants, animals and human beings. When oxalates become too concentrated in body fluids, they can crystallize and cause health problems. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 16.2pt; margin: 0in 0in 6pt 24pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Individuals with thyroid problems may need to avoid peanuts because peanuts contains </span><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">goitrogens</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">, a naturally occurring substance in certain foods that can interfere with the functioning of they thyroid gland. Although cooking may help to inactivate the </span><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">goitrogenic compounds</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> found in food, but it is not clear from the study how percentage of goitrogenic compounds get inactivated by cooking. </span></span></div><h4 style="margin: 5pt 0in 11.7pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Selection and storage</span></span></h4><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Peanuts are available in the markets year around. In the store, different forms are available like shelled, unshelled, salted, sweetened etc. Try to buy whole “in shelled” or “with shelled” nuts instead of processed ones. They are generally available in the airtight packs as well as in bulk bins. The pods should feature compact, off white color, healthy looking cover and uniform in size, and feel heavy in hand. They should be free from cracks, mold, and spots and free of rancid smell.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Unshelled or with shell groundnuts can be placed in cool dry place for many months, whereas shelled (without the shell) nuts should be placed inside airtight container and kept in the refrigerator to avoid them turn rancid. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /><span style="color: #cc0000;"></span></span></div><h4 style="margin: 5pt 0in 11.7pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Preparation and serving methods</span></span></h4><div style="margin-left: 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">§<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Peanut is usually eaten as it is, by cracking them with firm pressure between fingers or using clippers, or nutcracker machine. The nuts can also be enjoyed by roasting, boiled, salted, or sweetened. </span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">§<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">They are nutty, yet pleasantly sweet in taste. <b>Roasting</b> enhances the taste, antioxidants levels like p-coumaric acid and helps remove toxic aflatoxin.</span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">§<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Boiled peanuts possess unique flavor and taste. Boiling, in fact, enriches their nutritional and antioxidants profile.</span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">§<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">"Peanut butter" is a food paste made from ground-roasted nuts, with or without added oil. It is popular throughout the world and is mainly used is as a sandwich spread. Peanut-milk is also a popular lactose-free milk-like healthy drink. </span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">§<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Peanut oil is another healthy source of edible cooking oil like soy or olive oils. Widely used for cooking purposes for its aromatic flavor, especially in many South Indian states and Sri Lanka. </span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">§<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Roasted and crushed nuts often sprinkled over salads, desserts, particularly sundaes and other ice cream based preparations.</span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">§<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Peanut “chutney” or paste, made from these nuts, chili peppers, salt, coriander leaves, garlic and mustard seeds, is a popular preparation among south Indian, Sri Lanka region.</span></span></div><ul type="square"><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Roasted and split nuts are a great addition onto tossed salads. </span></span></span></li>
</ul><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: small;"></span></span></div><h4 style="margin: 5pt 0in 11.7pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Safety profile</span></span></h4><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Peanut allergy </span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">is a type of hypersensitivity response in some people to food substances prepared using these nuts. The resultant over-reaction of the immune system may lead to severe physical symptoms like vomiting, pain abdomen, swelling of lips and throat leading to breathing difficulty, chest congestion, and death. It is therefore, advised to avoid any food preparations that contain peanut products in these individuals.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Peanuts are one of the crops that are susceptible to fungal (mold) infection, especially by <b>aflatoxin</b> producing member <i>aspergillusflavus</i>. Aflatoxin is a very powerful and dangerous known carcinogen that may cause liver cirrhosis and cancer. Roasting helps to reduce the toxin levels in these nuts and thus offers some protection against aflatoxin</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;"></span></span>Greathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16154308490840279791noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-659334455927272500.post-1415781707888623162011-09-27T09:18:00.000-07:002011-09-27T09:31:01.825-07:00HOW TO START GRASS CUTTER FARMING BUSINESS<span style="background-color: #e69138; color: black; font-size: small;"><strong>ORIGIN AND PHYSICAL FEATURES</strong></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #e69138; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">The grass cutter belongs to the order Rodent and family Thryonomidae which contains only genus Thryonomys. Dorst and Dandelete (1979) recognized only two species which they describe as greater grasscutter.</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: #e69138;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Thryonomys swinderianus Temminck and the lesser grass cutter Thryonomys </span><br />
<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">gregorianus Temminck. This rodent is widely known through Africa south of Sahara and it is commonly referred as the grass cutter, cane-rat or Cutting grass.</span><br />
<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">They are heavily built, thick set with animals with rounded muzzle, small round ears, short tails and harsh bristly fur. They have a peculiar bristle tail which readily fractures near the base if seized, much like the easily atomized tail of the lizard, a phenomenon that is of tremendous protective value. The coarse bristly coat has no under-fur, though under magnification </span><br />
<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">some sparsely scattered extremely fine straight under-fur are visible.The overall appearance is usually dark brown, speckled with yellow or grey above butty white below. The chin and throat appear white. The head is a bit small for the size of the body. The small circular ear is covered strong and well padded and are armed with powerful straight claws. There are five digits on the fore feet and four on the hind feet. Females have three pairs of mammary glands on the belly, while the male testes are not visible externally like other rodents. The total body length (head to end tail) ranged from 35 to 60cm and its tail length ranges from 7 cm to 25cm. Grass cutter grows to a considerable weight. The mature male sometimes reach more than 9kg while females can attain between 5-7kg body weight. Its growth rate is less than that of rabbit of an improved breed and more than that of the local rabbit in a tropical environment.</span><br />
<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">The animal has many predators including leopards, mongoose and python, in addition to man.</span><br />
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">MEAT QUALITIES AND USES</span><br />
<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">The meat qualities of the grass cutter compare favorably with those of domesticated livestock species. Mature live weight ranges from 5 to 8kg. It has an average dressing percentage of 65%. However with the consumption of the head an entrails this can reach 80%.</span><br />
<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">The nutritional value of grass cutter meat is as good as those from domestic animals. Beef, Lamb and pork also contain higher fat percentage than meat from the grass cutter.In fact grass cutter meat is nutritionally superior to some domestic meat because of its high protein to fat ratio and higher mineral contents. The meat quality is also leaner and non-cholestrogenic.</span><br />
<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">The meat is very tasty when compared to both domestic and familiar game species. The grass cutter also play an important role in traditional African medicine for preparation of concoctions for fertility etc. In Ghana, the hair of the grass cutter is used to season food just as much as its stomach and intestinal contents. Also, the pancreas of the grass cutter contains a high concentration of insulin which is used in local preparation for the treatment of diabetes.</span><br />
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE:</span><br />
<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">In Ghana it has been ascertained that grass cutter contributes to both local and export earnings. About 73 tonnes of animals are sold in a year and recent surveys show that is is the Grass cutter that dominates the bush meat trade. </span><br />
<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Most of this quantity is traded locally as fresh or smoked form. Smoked grass cutter is exported to US and Europe. Grass cutter can be reared with minimal capital outlay as inputs required </span><br />
<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">are very low. Feed requirements for grass cutter in captivity are low and it does not compete with man for feedstuffs. It can therefore serve as a considerable income earner for the small scale Peri-urban or rural livestock producer. A farmer can also integrate grass cutter rearing with other livestock farming such as pigs, rabbits, sheep, ducks and poultry.</span><br />
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">GRASS CUTTER HOUSING:</span><br />
<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Grass cutter housing comprised of a stable and cages/pens. stable is the main building which houses the cages/pens. It is a normal building constructed in such a way to allow enough light and ventilation (air).</span><br />
<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">The type of material for its construction depends on the capital available to the farmer/breeder. cement block, wood, mud, brick, bamboo etc are some of materials for construction grass cutter house (stable).</span><br />
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Basically there are two rearing methods:</span><br />
<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">1.Rearing on the floor (floor hutch)</span><br />
<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">2.Rearing above the floor. (in meshed cages).</span><br />
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Floor hutch is the of rearing cage constructed with either cement block, brick or mud on the floor. Meshed cage on the other hand is the type of rearing cage made from combination of wood and wired-mesh.</span><br />
<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Both of them however comprised of two compartments which permit easy movement of animal.</span><br />
<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">They can also be made into two three tiers (layers) system in order to optimize the space.</span><br />
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">REPRODUCTION AND BREEDING.</span><br />
<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">A male and female grass cutters attains their sexual maturity at 5 and 7 months respectively. A male grass cutter can be paired with 3-5 females. There are two methods of mating -permanent and controlled mating methods. The gestation period is 5 months, meaning that with good </span><br />
<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">management, the animal an litter twice in a year.</span><br />
<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">The average litter size is always four. They young ones can be weaned in about 4-6 weeks, after a resting period of about 10 days mother can be paired with the male again.</span><br />
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">HANDLING.</span><br />
<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Grass cutter can be handled either by tails or by the limb. For easy handling, wire mesh cage can be used to move animal from one place to other.</span><br />
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">FEEDS AND FEEDING OF GRASS CUTTER COLONIES.</span><br />
<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Whatever be the choice of grass cutter farming embarked upon by farmer (breeding or fattening), provision of quality and adequate nutrition is essential to the success of each grass cutter rearing. Balanced feeding that takes into consideration nutritional requirements and regularity of feeding are essential factors responsible for the animals' good growth, health and </span><br />
<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">reproduction.</span><br />
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">FEED INGREDIENTS</span><br />
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">1)FORAGE</span><br />
<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Grass cutters normally prefer grass with succulent stalk and such quality can be found in the following wild or cultivated grasses among others.</span><br />
<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">.Elephant grass (pennisetum purpureum)</span><br />
<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">.Sugar cane (Saccharum spp)</span><br />
<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">.Guinea grass (Panicum maximum)</span><br />
<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">.Giant star grass(Andropogon gayanus)</span><br />
<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">.Maize stem (zea mays)</span><br />
<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">.Rice stalks (Oryza spp.)</span><br />
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">ii)FOOD CROP CULTIVATED/PRODUCTS</span><br />
<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">.Rice</span><br />
<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">.Maize</span><br />
<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">.Guinea Corn</span><br />
<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">.Millet</span><br />
<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">.Cassava</span><br />
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">NUTRIENTS</span><br />
<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Balanced feed can be found in a proportional mixture of the following feed </span><br />
<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">ingredients that are used in preparing the supplementary feed. Examples of </span><br />
<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">feed ingredients include:</span><br />
<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">.Maize/millet------------------ cassava</span><br />
<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">.Brewers dried grain (BDG)-----Leucaena leucocephala</span><br />
<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">.Corn bran/wheat offal---------Oyster/snail shell</span><br />
<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">.Palm kernel cake (PKC)--------Bone meal</span><br />
<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">.Soyabean cake (SBC)-----------Salt</span><br />
<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">.Groundnut cake(GNC)-----------Vitamin -mineral premix</span><br />
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">DISEASE MANAGEMENT.</span><br />
<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">As said earlier, good hygiene practice reduces the risk of disease outbreak in grass cutters rearing. The most important disease in grass cutter rearing include the following:</span><br />
<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">1.ENTEROTOXAEMIA: This is caused by a bacterium clostridium perfringens. The organism produces toxins which are absorbed into the circulatory system of the grass cutters thereby causing moralities.</span><br />
<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">The most obvious sign seen is the paralysis/ pedaling of the hind legs.</span><br />
<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Other signs are seen during post mortern. Vaccine against this condition is available. Antibiotics (Ciprofloxacin, Enrofloxacin) are used in the treatment. It is useful to sprinkle some perphosphate on pen floor bi-monthly to break the development circle of clostridia orgamisms.</span><br />
<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">2.STAPHYLOCOCCAEMIA:-This is caused by a bacterium, staphylococcus Aurelius. </span><br />
<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Most of the signs of this disease are seen at post mortem but discharges from the nostrils and vagina could be seen. Antibiotics are also employed in its treatment.</span><br />
<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">3.COCCIDIOSIS:This is caused by organism of the Eimeria family. Symptoms of the disease include diarrhea, prostration e.t.c Drugs of the Amprolium family are used in its treatment.</span><br />
<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">4.WORM INFECTION:-This is caused by worms and can be gotten from the cane grass being fed to the grass cutter. This is why the cane grass must be put in the sum before being fed to the grass cutters in order for the larvae of the worms to destroyed. Regular deworming should be carried out.</span><br />
<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">5. ECTOPARASTES: e.g ticks. These could be introduced into the pens through inadequately dried forage. Administration of Ivomec is used to control ticks. Chemical bath/dipping of the grass cutters could also be useful.</span> </span></span></span><br />
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