Grapes in the News

Top Off Success with Grape Dessert

On those busy school days when class, homework and activities wear your family down, it’s hard to beat a cool, creamy snack. Give loved ones a bite of refreshing flavor with a sweet but good-for-you treat.

 

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3 Pasos Esenciales para Amar su Corazón

Tomar medidas para mejorar su salud general puede ayudarle a vivir una vida más larga y saludable. La salud del corazón es un componente clave del bienestar general, que es especialmente crítico ya que la enfermedad cardíaca ha sido la principal causa de muerte entre los estadounidenses desde 1950, según los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades. Adoptar hábitos como hacer ejercicio regularmente, llevar una dieta saludable para el corazón con muchas verduras y frutas como las uvas y dormir la cantidad adecuada puede ponerle en el camino correcto.

 

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3 Essential Steps to Love Your Heart

Taking steps to improve your overall health can help you live a longer, healthier life. One key component of overall well-being – heart health – is especially critical as heart disease has been the leading cause of death among Americans since 1950, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Adopting habits like exercising regularly, eating a heart-healthy diet with lots of vegetables and fruits like grapes and getting the proper amount of sleep can set you on the right path.

 

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3 Smart Ways to Support Brain Health

You can establish a strong foundation for brain health by consuming healthy, whole foods such as whole grains, fish, legumes and healthy fats, plus an abundance of fruits and vegetables, including grapes and leafy greens.

 

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Easy Grape-based Recipes to Enjoy at Warm-weather Celebrations

Celebrations abound throughout summer, and if you plan on hosting your nearest and dearest for events large and small, you’ll need a tasty, convenient ingredient to elevate your entertaining all summer long. When that one ingredient also serves as a healthy, refreshing snack on its own, it’s a win-win.

 

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Grapes Galore

Bursting with flavor and nutrition, red and green grapes are more than a snack.

 

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Can You Eat Grape Seeds?

Eating grape seeds is safe and may even have some health benefits.

 

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Should You Be Eating More Grapes? They Have a Whole Host of Health Benefits.

It’s a lot easier to eat well when the healthy foods are also the tasty ones. Grapes have this advantage, coming in as the third most popular fruit for Americans. And while they may not be the healthiest fruit of them all, they are pretty good for you, and as such they are very popular.

 

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What Happens to Your Body When You Eat Grapes Every Day

In a day and age in which continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) are widely available for those with diabetes and without alike to wear and watch, social media is being swept up in a wave of rumors about what foods spike blood sugar levels. Grapes have recently fallen under the microscope, with some “health coaches” claiming that those who have prediabetes or diabetes or want to lose weight should limit or avoid grapes in lieu of other fruits. We already tapped dietitians to clear up that myth—yes, you can eat grapes if you have diabetes (and you should, if you like them!).

 

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Everyday Ways to Nurture Your Skin This Summer

Good skin care doesn’t have to mean intensive routines or expensive moisturizers – it can be as easy as adopting everyday habits that nurture your skin from the inside out. Keeping your skin healthy and glowing begins with protecting it from harmful ultraviolet (UV) rays and eating and drinking healthy foods and beverages.

 

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Maneras Cotidianas de Nutrir su Piel Este Verano

Un buen cuidado de la piel no tiene por qué significar rutinas intensivas o cremas humectantes costosas; puede ser tan fácil como adoptar hábitos cotidianos que nutran la piel desde el interior. Mantener su piel sana y brillante comienza con protegerla de los dañinos rayos ultravioleta (UV) y comer y beber alimentos y bebidas saludables.

 

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Grape And Yogurt Clusters Easy To Make

Delicious, healthy and versatile, Grapes from California can be that special ingredient and pleasing snack. In recipes, grapes deliver sweet-tart flavor and crisp, juicy texture to appetizers, main courses, drinks, desserts and beyond. This tasty frozen treat recipe shows the myriad ways this bite-sized fruit can bring out the best in warm-weather fare.

 

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Reuniones de Verano con Uvas

Las celebraciones abundan durante el verano, y si planea recibir a sus seres más cercanos y queridos en eventos grandes y pequeños, necesitará un ingrediente sabroso y práctico para realzar su reuniones durante todo el verano. Y si ese ingrediente también sirve como un refrigerio saludable y refrescante por sí solo, todos salen ganando.

 

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Why You Don't Have To Worry About The White Stuff On Grapes

We have one small issue we’d like to address — that funny white stuff on the skin. You know, the stuff that looks a lot like dirt, dust, or worse, mold. It turns out it’s actually called bloom — and it’s perfectly natural.

 

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Grape Summer Gatherings: Easy Recipes to Enjoy at Warm-weather Celebrations

Celebrations abound throughout summer, and if you plan on hosting your nearest and dearest for events large and small, you’ll need a tasty, convenient ingredient to elevate your entertaining all summer long. When that one ingredient also serves as a healthy, refreshing snack on its own, it’s a win-win.

 

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Grapes and the Active Lifestyle

Healthy Cells Magazine shares information about refreshing and reviving energy with Grapes from California.

 

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Grapes Can Bring Good Health in the New Year – and Some Luck, Too

Eating grapes on New Year’s Eve is supposed to make wishes come true, but if the goal is for better health, people munching on the small, round fruit on Dec. 31 would be wise to eat them every day.

 

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Add Grapes to Your Holiday Gatherings

Add a special touch this holiday season with simple yet stunning small plates that add beauty and flavor to gatherings with friends and family. Available into January, California grapes offer a way to make the season special as an ingredient in your favorite recipes or as decoration for a festive centerpiece. Pops of red, green and black provide a seasonal touch and they’re perfect as an easy, fresh, healthy snack.

 

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Uvas São 'Protetor Solar Comestível' de Acordo Com um Novo Estudo

Um estudo diz que os doces da natureza podem ser um suplemento valioso para o protetor solar.

 

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Support Your Immune System in 5 Simple Ways

Eating a healthy diet is essential for optimizing your immune system. Many experts recommend consuming whole foods and plant foods like fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds and legumes as well as whole grains. These foods contain beneficial plant compounds linked to health benefits in humans. Consider one prime example, fresh grapes, and how they may support immune health.

 

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Can You Eat Grapes If You Have Diabetes? Here’s What Dietitians Say

If you have diabetes, you have probably received unsolicited advice about what you should and should not eat. Family, friends and even health professionals may have told you that grapes, aka “nature’s candy,” are off-limits due to their ability to raise blood sugar. But the reality is that fruit—including grapes—can (and should) be part of a healthy diabetes-friendly eating plan.

 

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Give Your Thanksgiving Menu a Healthy Twist

Registered Dietitian Mia Syn shares some simple ways to make your Thanksgiving meal tastier and healthier.

 

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It’s Not Just Carrots - Eating Grapes Improves Eye Health As Well

Move over carrots, grapes may also benefit your eyes as well, according to new research. Researchers, supported by the California Table Grape Commission, say eating just a few handfuls of grapes daily for four months appears to enhance significant indicators of eye health. The reason? Eye degeneration is attributed to oxidative stress, and grapes are rich in antioxidants.

 

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Support Your Immune System in 5 Simple Ways

Catching a cold or getting the flu can happen any time of year, but the height of cold and flu season requires extra precaution. Flu activity often increases in the fall and peaks between December and January, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

 

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Roasted Grapes Are the Toast Topping You Didn’t Know You Needed

Toasted sourdough is topped with creamy and tart labneh, roasted red grapes, toasted walnuts, and a drizzle of hot honey in this recipe adapted from author Adeena Sussman’s cookbook Shabbat: Recipes and Rituals From My Table to Yours. A quick roast in the oven enhances the grapes’ color and sweetness.

 

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Three Steps Toward a Healthier Heart

From exercising and getting proper sleep to healthy eating – including heart-friendly snacks like grapes – consider these simple steps.

 

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Study: Eating Grapes May Benefit Eye Health

A team of researchers recently conducted a randomly assigned, controlled human study that found eating grapes for 16 weeks improved key markers of eye health in older adults.

 

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Three Steps Toward a Healthier Heart

As an easy, convenient, heart-healthy food, grapes are a perfect ingredient for a heart-friendly eating plan that includes recipes like Grape, Broccoli and Avocado Salad with Toasty Oat Topping. Savory broccoli slaw pairs with the delicate sweetness of crisp, juicy Grapes from California while the toasted oat topping provides a crunchy finish.

 

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Support Your Immune System

Eating a healthy diet is essential for optimizing your immune system. Many experts recommend consuming whole foods and plant foods like fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds and legumes as well as whole grains. These foods contain beneficial plant compounds linked to health benefits in humans. Consider one prime example, fresh grapes, and how they may support immune health.

 

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It’s Not Just Carrots — Eating Grapes Improves Eye Health as Well

Move over carrots, grapes may also benefit your eyes as well, according to new research. Researchers, supported by the California Table Grape Commission, say eating just a few handfuls of grapes daily for four months appears to enhance significant indicators of eye health. The reason? Eye degeneration is attributed to oxidative stress, and grapes are rich in antioxidants.

 

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Study: Eating Grapes May Benefit Eye Health

A team of researchers recently conducted a randomly assigned, controlled human study that found eating grapes for 16 weeks improved key markers of eye health in older adults.

 

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Research Finds Vision Benefit to Eating Grapes Daily

The scientific journal Food & Function recently published results from a randomized, controlled human study that found eating the equivalent of a cup and a half of grapes every day for four months improved signs of eye health in older people.

 

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Grapes May Reduce Oxidative Stress and Improve Vision in Older Adults

Carrots aren’t the only food that’s good for eye health. A recent study found that a daily serving of grapes improved age-related vision problems in older adults. The study is the first randomized, controlled human study of the potential benefits of grapes for human eyesight in the aging population. According to the study’s authors, grape consumption reduces oxidative stress and benefits certain age-related biomarkers linked to macular degeneration.

 

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Grapes Improve Eye Health in Older Adults, Study Finds

A recent study has revealed that consuming grapes regularly can have a positive impact on eye health in older adults. The study, the first of its kind, looked at the effects of grape consumption on macular pigment accumulation and other biomarkers of eye health. The results support previous research that showed grapes can protect retinal structure and function.

 

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5 formas sencillas para reforzar el sistema inmunológico

Se puede contraer un resfriado o una gripe en cualquier época del año, pero en plena temporada de resfriados y gripe se requiere precauciones adicionales. La gripe suele aumentar en el otoño y alcanza su punto máximo entre diciembre y enero, según los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades.

 

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Support Your Immune System in 5 Simple Ways

Catching a cold or getting the flu can happen any time of year, but the height of cold and flu season requires extra precaution. Flu activity often increases in the fall and peaks between December and January, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

 

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Almond Butter & Roasted Grape Toast

A slice of almond butter toast gets topped with roasted grapes for a sweet, nutty bite. This three-ingredient twist on a classic PB & J makes for a quick and tasty breakfast or snack.

 

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3 Steps Toward a Healthier Heart

All aspects of health are important, but heart health is a crucial component of overall well-being. Heart disease is the leading cause of death among Americans but it doesn’t need to be – lifestyle choices play a key role in heart health and it’s never too soon to adopt healthful habits. From exercising and getting proper sleep to healthy eating – including heart-friendly snacks like grapes – consider these simple steps.

 

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Tips For Starting Healthy Habits This Fall

Fall is the perfect time to get into a healthy routine. Registered dietitian Mia Syn shares some tips and tricks for starting some new, healthy habits.

 

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Give Your Brain a Boost

When it comes to staying healthy, there is a natural emphasis on physical fitness. However, it’s important to know that nurturing and maintaining brain health is also important for leading a fulfilling life. The brain is the command center of the human body and as such, influences every aspect of life. Maintaining brain health requires providing it with nourishment, rest, and healthy stimulation.

 

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3 Pasos Hacia un Corazón Más Sano

Cuidar el corazón es fundamental para la salud en general, aunque todos los aspectos de la salud son importantes. Las enfermedades cardíacas son la principal causa de muerte entre los estadounidenses, pero no tiene por qué serlo: las elecciones de estilo de vida desempeñan un papel importante para la salud del corazón y nunca es demasiado pronto para adoptar hábitos saludables.

 

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3 Steps Toward a Healthier Heart

All aspects of health are important, but heart health is a crucial component of overall well-being. Heart disease is the leading cause of death among Americans but it doesn’t need to be – lifestyle choices play a key role in heart health and it’s never too soon to adopt healthful habits. From exercising and getting proper sleep to healthy eating – including heart-friendly snacks like grapes – consider these simple steps.

 

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Give Your Brain a Boost

When it comes to staying healthy, there is a natural emphasis on physical fitness. However, it’s important to know that nurturing and maintaining brain health is also important for leading a fulfilling life. The brain is the command center of the human body and as such, influences every aspect of life. Maintaining brain health requires providing it with nourishment, rest and healthy stimulation.

 

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Flavorful Grape Recipes

Turn to a versatile signature ingredient like Grapes from California, which can be used in dishes of all kinds from refreshing salads and entrees to flavorful condiments and sweet desserts. Grapes are crisp, juicy and sweet, making them a fantastic addition of flavor and texture for a wide range of recipes. Whether fresh, sautéed, roasted, grilled or even pickled, grapes make it easy to take meals to the next level.

 

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Give Your Brain a Boost – 5 Ways To Promote Brain Health

Consuming healthy, whole foods, including vegetables and fruits, such as grapes, can help establish a strong foundation for brain health. For example, grapes may help protect against metabolic decline in the brain associated with natural aging; in a human study of elderly subjects with mild cognitive decline, UCLA researchers found consuming 2 1/4 cups of grapes every day preserved healthy metabolic activity in regions of the brain associated with early-stage Alzheimer’s disease, where metabolic decline takes hold.

 

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California Grape Trail Mix

Back-to-school snacks should feature a rainbow of colors. Try this quick recipe which delivers some fiber and features vitamin K-rich California grapes.

 

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El Cerebro es el Centro de Mando del Cuerpo Humano y Como Tal

Cuando se trata de mantenerse saludable, se le da prioridad al estado físico. Sin embargo, es importante saber que nutrir y mantener la salud del cerebro también es importante para llevar una vida plena.

 

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Three Healthy Habits to Protect Your Skin

As the first line of defense against the outside world, skin is the body’s largest organ and takes on an important role in maintaining overall health. While products like sunscreen and moisturizer can help skin thrive, healthy skin starts from within where food and beverage choices can play a key role.

 

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Give Your Brain a Boost: 5 Ways to Promote Brain Health

When it comes to staying healthy, there is a natural emphasis on physical fitness. However, it’s important to know that nurturing and maintaining brain health is also important for leading a fulfilling life.

 

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Give Your Brain a Boost

When it comes to staying healthy, there is a natural emphasis on physical fitness. However, it’s important to know that nurturing and maintaining brain health is also important for leading a fulfilling life.

 

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3 Healthy Habits to Protect Your Skin

As the first line of defense against the outside world, skin is the body’s largest organ and takes on an important role in maintaining overall health. While products like sunscreen and moisturizer can help skin thrive, healthy skin starts from within where food and beverage choices can play a key role.

 

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Grapes Make the Plate

Chefs know they can count on grapes to add refreshment to a cheese plate, color to a fruit plate or a wholesome crunch to a salad. But if you think of grapes only as a garnish, you’re missing a lot of the fruit’s culinary potential. In the hands of professional culinarians with an innovative bent, fresh grapes can go in directions you may never have imagined. Carbonate a grape? Why not?

 

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Salads Aren't Just About Lettuce Anymore

The salad course can almost be considered a drumroll, an introduction to the main event: the meal. Another way to approach salads is to embrace the bounty of available fresh produce.

 

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Flavorful Recipe Creates Grape Salad

Turn to a versatile signature ingredient like Grapes from California, which can be used in dishes of all kinds from refreshing salads and entrees to flavorful condiments and sweet desserts. Grapes are crisp, juicy and sweet, making them a fantastic addition of flavor and texture for a wide range of recipes. For example, you can start the festivities with this all-in-one Honey-Lime Quinoa and Grape Salad that’s ideal as a light appetizer or a meal all on its own.

 

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Chipotle Grape and Carrot Tacos with Creamy Grape Slaw

Recipe to make eight tacos.

 

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RECIPE: Flavorful Grape Recipes to Take Summer Gatherings to the Next Level

Turn to a versatile signature ingredient like Grapes from California, which can be used in dishes of all kinds from refreshing salads and entrees to flavorful condiments and sweet desserts. Grapes are crisp, juicy and sweet, making them a fantastic addition of flavor and texture for a wide range of recipes. Whether fresh, sauteed, roasted, grilled or even pickled, grapes make it easy to take meals to the next level.

 

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'Great British Bake Off's Crystelle Pereira Shares a Crostini Recipe She First Made on the Show

“I made a focaccia during Bread Week on The Great British Bake Off with roasted grapes, feta, honey and walnuts with fresh fennel that went down a treat with the judges. The combination is actually inspired by a cheese board,” says chef, who ultimately included this in her new title, Flavor Kitchen. “I wanted to transport those flavors and ingredients to something more simple, bite-size and perfect for a party.”

 

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3 Wholesome Habits to Defend Your Pores and skin

As the primary line of protection in opposition to the surface world, pores and skin is the physique’s largest organ and takes on an vital function in sustaining general well being. Whereas merchandise like sunscreen and moisturizer may help pores and skin thrive, wholesome pores and skin begins from inside the place meals and beverage decisions can play a key function.

 

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3 Healthy Habits to Protect Your Skin

As the first line of defense against the outside world, skin is the body’s largest organ and takes on an important role in maintaining overall health. While products like sunscreen and moisturizer can help skin thrive, healthy skin starts from within where food and beverage choices can play a key role.

 

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SoMD Chronicle Recipe of the Week: Grapes from California Bring Summer Delights to the Table

Summertime celebrations with friends, family and neighbors are a perfect way to enjoy the sunshine, warm weather and camaraderie. To satisfy a hungry crowd, though, you’ll need recipes fit for the occasion.

 

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Recipe Friday: The Frozen Zone

Summer means outdoor events, and what better way for your guests to chill outdoors than with a blended (aka frozen) cocktail in their hand?

 

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Agrega Uvas a tus Recetas de Verano

Las celebraciones de verano con amigos, familiares y vecinos son una forma perfecta de disfrutar del sol, el clima cálido y la camaradería. Sin embargo, para satisfacer a todos sus invitados, necesitará recetas adecuadas para la ocasión.

 

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Raspados de Uva y Jamaica

Haga sus propios raspados de forma natural con esta fácil receta que se hace con uvas de California. Con la llegada del verano y los días calurosos se antojan las bebidas refrescantes o los sabrosos raspados de frutas que se venden en las calles o en mercados latinos.

 

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Flavorful Grape Recipes to Take Summer Gatherings to the Next Level

Summertime celebrations with friends, family and neighbors are a perfect way to enjoy the sunshine, warm weather and camaraderie. To satisfy a hungry crowd, though, you’ll need recipes fit for the occasion.

 

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3 Healthy Habits to Protect Your Skin

As the first line of defense against the outside world, skin is the body’s largest organ and takes on an important role in maintaining overall health. While products like sunscreen and moisturizer can help skin thrive, healthy skin starts from within where food and beverage choices can play a key role.

 

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How to Store Grapes So They Stay Crisp, According to Test Kitchen Experts

That fruit bowl on the counter looks nice, true, but it’s not your best bet for grape storage. Here’s why.

 

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Pack Your Basket: 43 Perfect Picnic Recipes for Your Next Outdoor Adventure

Creamy Grape Salad is a classic Midwestern recipe that everyone loves for a side dish. Bursting with juicy fresh grapes in a sweet and tangy cream cheese dressing that’s sprinkled with brown sugar and pecans. It makes the perfect easy side for a potluck, summer picnic or party!

 

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3 Healthy Habits to Protect Your Skin

As the first line of defense against the outside world, skin is the body’s largest organ and takes on an important role in maintaining overall health. While products like sunscreen and moisturizer can help skin thrive, healthy skin starts from within where food and beverage choices can play a key role.

 

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3 Hábitos Saludables para Proteger La Piel

Como primera línea de defensa contra el mundo exterior, la piel es el órgano más grande del cuerpo y asume un papel importante en el mantenimiento de la salud en general. Si bien los productos como el protector solar y la crema hidratante pueden ayudar a que la piel prospere, una piel saludable comienza desde adentro, donde las opciones de alimentos y bebidas pueden desempeñar una función fundamental.

 

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Can grapes help prevent sunburn?

Could a diet that includes fresh grapes help you prevent sunburn? A study published in the scientific journal Antioxidants suggests so.

 

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Can Consuming Grapes Daily Increase Certain Gut Bacteria?

Researchers found that when healthy adults ate the equivalent of three servings of grapes daily for two weeks, the diversity of bacteria in the gut was not affected, but some types of gut bacteria increased while others decreased.

 

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Researchers Explore Influence of Grape Consumption on Gut Microbiome

The study suggests eating grapes can provide subtle gut modulation, with potential benefits for health.

 

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Consuming Grapes Modulates the Human Microbiome with Potential Benefits for Health

The results of a human study published in Scientific Reports investigated the potential of grapes to modulate the human microbiome and thus influence health. The paper was included in a special human microbiome collection in the journal.

 

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Grapes Consumption Modulates Microbiome, Benefits Health

The results of a human study published in the Nature journal Scientific Reports investigated the potential of grapes to modulate the human microbiome and thus influence health. The paper was included in a special human microbiome collection in the journal.

 

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How To Store Grapes So They Stay Crisp

Whether you prefer to eat your grapes by the bunch, as part of a cheese and charcuterie board, or in smoothie form, the key to getting the best flavor and texture from the fruit all comes down to proper storage.

 

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Groundbreaking Work on the Health Benefits of Grapes

“Astonishing” and “remarkable” are two of the words researchers are using to describe the findings of recent work on the positive health effects of grapes.

 

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Grape Smoothie

Calling all grape lovers! This grape smoothie features plenty of frozen sweet red grapes that combine with banana and vanilla Greek-style yogurt, which both add creaminess, while berries add color and fruity flavor to complement the grapes.

 

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Creamy Grape Salad

Creamy Grape Salad is a refreshing dish for any crowd. Throw it together with a handful of simple ingredients – grapes, cream cheese, sour cream, vanilla extract, sugar and pecans.

 

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Grapes Shown to Add Five Years to Human Life in 'Truly Remarkable' Finding

There’s no single food that can guarantee a long and healthy life. However, research suggests that grapes could be a great candidate to add to your diet if you are seeking to boost your longevity. The findings showed that the fruit could be potent enough to counter the negative effects of high-fat Western diet.

 

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Create Family Memories with a Grape-Infused Meal

Sharing a delicious, home-cooked meal with loved ones is something to look forward to and preparing such a meal can be easier than you think. Simple touches that add some flair make all the difference. For example, adding grapes as a signature ingredient adds a unique color and flavor accent that turns everyday meals into something special.

 

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3 Servings of Grapes a Day May Reduce the Chances of Sunburn for Some People

Some people become less sensitive to the damaging effects of the sun’s ultraviolet (UV) rays after consuming grapes, according to a new study in humans. A third of the study’s participants became less prone to skin-reddening from UV rays after two weeks of eating three servings of grapes daily in powdered form. For some individuals, the protective effect lasted a month after the grape consumption ended.

 

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Can Grapes Protect Your Skin From the Sun?

Grapes have several benefits, especially when it comes to maintaining good health. A recent study shows eating grapes can help prevent sunburns. “There are 1,600 phytonutrient compounds in grapes. Somehow magically, together, they have kind of amazing health benefits,” said Kathleen Nave, president of the California Table Grape Commission. “The latest is on skin.”

 

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Eating Grapes Can Protect the Skin From UV Damage

UVB skin damage results from exposure to UVB rays from the sun or artificial sources such as tanning beds. UV rays can cause a variety of skin problems, including sunburn, premature aging, and skin cancer. A recent study published in the journal Antioxidants Showed that eating grapes can protect the skin from UV damage. Study participants who ate 2 cups of grapes daily for 2 weeks showed increased resistance to sunburn. The study also found a possible gut-skin connection, as participants with UV resistance also had unique microbiome and metabolic profiles. The study suggests that natural compounds called polyphenols found in grapes may be responsible for these protective effects.

 

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Create Family Memories with a Grape-infused Meal

Sharing a delicious, home-cooked meal with loved ones is something to look forward to and preparing such a meal can be easier than you think.  Simple touches that add some flair make all the difference. For example, adding grapes as a signature ingredient adds a unique color and flavor accent that turns everyday meals into something special.  As a highly versatile addition to appetizers, snacks, main courses, sides and desserts, Grapes from California are an essential ingredient to keep on hand.

 

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Consuming Grapes May Protect Against UV Damage to the Skin

A recent study highlights the potential of grapes for photo protection. A study recently published in the journal antioxidants has shown that eating grapes can protect the skin from UV damage. Study participants who consumed 2 ¼ cups of grapes daily for two weeks showed increased resistance to sunburn. The study also found a possible correlation between gut and skin, as participants with UV resistance also had unique microbiomic and metabolomic profiles. The study suggests that the natural compounds found in grapes called polyphenols may be responsible for this protective effect.

 

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Eating Grapes May Help Protect Against UV Damage to the Skin, According to New Research

Exposure to ultraviolet radiation from the sun or artificial sources such as tanning beds can result in a wide range of skin problems, including sunburn, premature aging, and skin cancer. A recent study published in the journal Antioxidants demonstrated that grapes are effective against UV damage to the skin. The participants who consumed 2 14 cups of grapes daily for two weeks showed a decreased tendency to sunburn.

 

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Californians have been cultivating grapes for more than two centuries. Today, 99 percent of U.S. table grapes are produced in California's warm, dry climate that is ideal for grape growing. With more than 90 grape varieties grown, California grapes come in three colors—green, red and black—and are in season from May through January.


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