31^st European Nutrition and Dietetics Conference

Role of Vegetables in Human Nutrition and Disease Prevention

For human health vegetables are important because of their vitamins, minerals, phytochemical compounds, and dietary fiber content. Commonly antioxidant vitamins (vitamin A, vitamin C, and vitamin E) and fiber content have important roles in health of human. Adequate consumption of vegetable can be protective some chronic diseases such as diabetes, metabolic syndrome, cancer, obesity, cardiovascular diseases, as well as increase in  risk factors related with these diseases. Information will be given about the preparation and classification of vegetables, cooking, and their effects on food content of vegetables and effects on health and diseases (metabolic syndrome, obesity, cancer diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases.