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The role of light in regulating plant growth, development and sugar ... frontiersin.org Jan 6, 2025 2 facts
claimOverexpression of the maize gene ZmPIF1 in rice and Arabidopsis thaliana reduces stomatal opening and closing, decreases the transpiration rate, and reduces water consumption, thereby improving drought tolerance.
claimYonekura M. et al. (2013) reported that the promoter activities of sucrose phosphate synthase genes OsSPS1 and OsSPS11 in rice are controlled by light and the circadian clock, but not by sucrose.
History of modern nutrition science—implications for current ... bmj.com Jun 13, 2018 2 facts
claimAgricultural science and technology prioritized the production of low-cost, shelf-stable, and energy-dense starchy staples such as wheat, rice, and corn, utilizing breeding and processing techniques to maximize starch extraction and purification.
claimCasimir Funk proposed the idea of a 'vital amine' in food in 1913, based on observations that unprocessed rice protected chickens against a beriberi-like condition.
A Twist on Paleo: Eat What Your Family Ate—500 Years Ago nationalgeographic.com Mar 2, 2016 2 facts
claimHistorically, Asian diets were heavy in rice, vegetables, and small amounts of animal protein, such as fish sauce.
accountLe observed that his relatives in Vietnam consumed a diet consisting of little sugar and small amounts of animal byproducts in rice and vegetables, which contrasted with his own diet of cereal for breakfast and meat for lunch and dinner.
Nutrient sensing, signaling and transport in plants - Frontiers frontiersin.org 2 facts
Food Consumption Changes in The Ruler Tribal Community bioresscientia.com Feb 15, 2025 2 facts
claimMembers of the Ruler tribal community use Kodo millet and little millet in dishes such as upma and khichdi, and as a substitute for rice.
claimThe traditional diet of the Ruler tribe is influenced by their agricultural and forest-based lifestyle, with rice and millets, particularly ragi and foxtail millet, serving as the main staples consumed regularly.
Implications of the Western Diet for Agricultural Production, Health ... frontiersin.org 1 fact
claimThe majority of wheat, corn, and rice produced worldwide is used for the production of highly processed foods.
Health and environmental impacts of diets worldwide globalnutritionreport.org 1 fact
measurementGrain production, including rice, required 43–52% of food-related fresh water, nitrogen, and phosphorus due to the large absolute quantity of production.
“The Old Foods Are the New Foods!”: Erosion and Revitalization of ... frontiersin.org 1 fact
claimEuropean settlers introduced new foods to Indigenous diets, including potatoes, carrots, turnips, rhubarb, apples, pears, currants, molasses, sugar, coffee, tea, rice, and beans, which were adopted into Indigenous lifeways.
Changes in Diet Drove Physical Evolution in Early Humans home.dartmouth.edu Jul 31, 2025 1 fact
quote“One of the burning questions in anthropology is what did hominins do differently that other primates didn’t do? This work shows that the ability to exploit grass tissues may be our secret sauce. Even now, our global economy turns on a few species of grass—rice, wheat, corn, and barley.”
The Evolution of Diet - National Geographic nationalgeographic.com 1 fact
claimThe domestication of grains such as sorghum, barley, wheat, corn, and rice created a plentiful and predictable food supply for early human populations.
Study documents how change in diet drove early human evolution ucalgary.ca Aug 27, 2025 1 fact
quoteVivek V. Venkataraman stated: 'It shows starchy foods drove human evolution from the early days, and now you look at the world around us and grasses still play a major part in our lives. We live on corn, wheat, rice, and so on, but that didn’t come about just due to agriculture, grasses play a bigger role in our evolution going back millions of years.'
An ethnobotanical study on wild edible plants in Taishan County ... frontiersin.org Jul 10, 2025 1 fact
measurement15 crops provide 90% of global calorie intake, and over 4 billion people rely mainly on rice, maize, and wheat.
(PDF) Evolutionary Perspectives on Human Diet and Nutrition academia.edu 1 fact
measurementWheat, corn, and rice account for three-fourths of the world's grain production, which humans are dependent upon for their food supply.
Defining the Western Diet & Its Impact - Frontier Neuro frontierneuro.com Feb 1, 2022 1 fact
measurementHistorically, humans have consumed 80,000 different species of food, with 3,000 being widespread, whereas today, corn, soy, wheat, and rice account for two-thirds of human calorie intake.
The Western Diet and Its Impact on Modern Health: What Patients ... diagnosticdetectives.com 1 fact
accountMichael Pollan's book 'In Defense of Food' describes a group of Australian Aborigines who had developed metabolic syndrome—a cluster of conditions including diabetes, obesity, heart disease, and high blood pressure—after relocating to settlements and consuming a Western diet consisting of flour, sugar, rice, carbonated drinks, alcoholic beverages, powdered milk, cheap fatty meat, potatoes, and onions.
Diet composition and staple-food dependence as structural ... researchsquare.com 1 fact
claimKlapp et al. (2025) argue that plant-based diets, while essential for health and the environment, carry a risk of micronutrient shortfalls, particularly in regions where food systems rely heavily on calorie-dense but nutrient-poor staples like maize, cassava, and rice.
Nutritional potential of underutilized edible plant species in coffee ... link.springer.com Apr 23, 2021 1 fact
measurementApproximately 70–90% of all vegetable calories consumed by humans globally are derived from rice, wheat, maize, sugar, sorghum, millet, and cassava.