Nutritional, bioactive components and health properties of the milpa triad system seeds (corn, common bean and pumpkin)
The milpa system is a biocultural polyculture technique. Heritage of Mesoamerican civilizations that offers a wide variety of plants for food purposes. Corn, common beans, and pumpkins are the main crops in this agroecosystem, which are important for people’s nutritional and food security. Moreover,...
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| author | Oscar Abel Sánchez-Velázquez Diego Armando Luna-Vital Norma Morales-Hernandez Jonhatan Contreras Elda Cristina Villaseñor-Tapia Jorge Alberto Fragoso-Medina Luis Mojica |
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| description | The milpa system is a biocultural polyculture technique. Heritage of Mesoamerican civilizations that offers a wide variety of plants for food purposes. Corn, common beans, and pumpkins are the main crops in this agroecosystem, which are important for people’s nutritional and food security. Moreover, milpa system seeds have great potential for preventing and ameliorating noncommunicable diseases, such as obesity, dyslipidemia, type 2 diabetes, among others. This work reviews and analyzes the nutritional and health benefits of milpa system seeds assessed by recent preclinical and clinical trials. Milpa seeds protein quality, vitamins and minerals, and phytochemical composition are also reviewed. Evidence suggests that regular consumption of milpa seeds combination could exert complementing effect to control nutritional deficiencies. Moreover, the combination of phytochemicals and nutritional components of the milpa seed could potentialize their individual health benefits. Milpa system seeds could be considered functional foods to fight nutritional deficiencies and prevent and control noncommunicable diseases. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c52ba0b693c04c61aee04a7f6f6ad49e2023-07-19T08:29:34ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Nutrition2296-861X2023-07-011010.3389/fnut.2023.11696751169675Nutritional, bioactive components and health properties of the milpa triad system seeds (corn, common bean and pumpkin)Oscar Abel Sánchez-Velázquez0Diego Armando Luna-Vital1Norma Morales-Hernandez2Jonhatan Contreras3Elda Cristina Villaseñor-Tapia4Jorge Alberto Fragoso-Medina5Luis Mojica6Tecnología Alimentaria, Centro de Investigación y Asistencia en Tecnología y Diseño del Estado de Jalisco (CIATEJ), Zapopan, MexicoTecnologico de Monterrey, The Institute for Obesity Research, Monterrey, MexicoTecnología Alimentaria, Centro de Investigación y Asistencia en Tecnología y Diseño del Estado de Jalisco (CIATEJ), Zapopan, MexicoTecnología Alimentaria, Centro de Investigación y Asistencia en Tecnología y Diseño del Estado de Jalisco (CIATEJ), Zapopan, MexicoTecnología Alimentaria, Centro de Investigación y Asistencia en Tecnología y Diseño del Estado de Jalisco (CIATEJ), Zapopan, MexicoTecnologico de Monterrey, The Institute for Obesity Research, Monterrey, MexicoTecnología Alimentaria, Centro de Investigación y Asistencia en Tecnología y Diseño del Estado de Jalisco (CIATEJ), Zapopan, MexicoThe milpa system is a biocultural polyculture technique. Heritage of Mesoamerican civilizations that offers a wide variety of plants for food purposes. Corn, common beans, and pumpkins are the main crops in this agroecosystem, which are important for people’s nutritional and food security. Moreover, milpa system seeds have great potential for preventing and ameliorating noncommunicable diseases, such as obesity, dyslipidemia, type 2 diabetes, among others. This work reviews and analyzes the nutritional and health benefits of milpa system seeds assessed by recent preclinical and clinical trials. Milpa seeds protein quality, vitamins and minerals, and phytochemical composition are also reviewed. Evidence suggests that regular consumption of milpa seeds combination could exert complementing effect to control nutritional deficiencies. Moreover, the combination of phytochemicals and nutritional components of the milpa seed could potentialize their individual health benefits. Milpa system seeds could be considered functional foods to fight nutritional deficiencies and prevent and control noncommunicable diseases.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnut.2023.1169675/fullmilpa system seedsbioactive componentscorncommon beanshealth propertiesnutritional potential |
| spellingShingle | Oscar Abel Sánchez-Velázquez Diego Armando Luna-Vital Norma Morales-Hernandez Jonhatan Contreras Elda Cristina Villaseñor-Tapia Jorge Alberto Fragoso-Medina Luis Mojica Nutritional, bioactive components and health properties of the milpa triad system seeds (corn, common bean and pumpkin) Frontiers in Nutrition milpa system seeds bioactive components corn common beans health properties nutritional potential |
| title | Nutritional, bioactive components and health properties of the milpa triad system seeds (corn, common bean and pumpkin) |
| title_full | Nutritional, bioactive components and health properties of the milpa triad system seeds (corn, common bean and pumpkin) |
| title_fullStr | Nutritional, bioactive components and health properties of the milpa triad system seeds (corn, common bean and pumpkin) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Nutritional, bioactive components and health properties of the milpa triad system seeds (corn, common bean and pumpkin) |
| title_short | Nutritional, bioactive components and health properties of the milpa triad system seeds (corn, common bean and pumpkin) |
| title_sort | nutritional bioactive components and health properties of the milpa triad system seeds corn common bean and pumpkin |
| topic | milpa system seeds bioactive components corn common beans health properties nutritional potential |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnut.2023.1169675/full |
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