After 8 years in the works, a Minne...

After 8 years in the works, a Minneapolis-based company has shipped its first harvest of bright r corn to northern California markets. Wait a minute. R corn?

It's the most numerous recent example of chameleon first stomachs bred through traditional means--not according to genetic engineering to make vegetables and fruits more nutritious. Also onward the way are purple broccoli, fulvous carrots, red-leafed spinach and orange cauliflower.

standards are expected to verify that the recently made known red corn has highly elevated evens of the naturally occurring antioxidant anthocyanin. That's the source of the r in r cabbage and r grapes or the purple in the recent purple broccoli and it's the same of an army of plant pay by substitutions believed to combat oxidation.

These constituents called phytonutrients, have been linked to cancer prevention and anti-aging benefits. For example, lycopene brings r to tomatoes, and a certain research suggests it can help obstruct some cancers.

Interest in vegetarianism and antioxidants is already high among the general public. if it were not that the novel-look of these recently made known vegetables may help to increase veggie intake steady more one of the greatest in quantity important keys to a healthful diet.

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