A. Duda & Sons, Inc.
What started out as the pursuit of the American dream by Andrew Duda, a young Slovak immigrant has become one the country's most reputable family-owned and operated enterprises. Today, DUDA Farm Fresh Foods, Inc. is a Florida-based corporation with production and shipping operations in California, Florida, Texas, Arizona, Georgia, and Michigan with additional locations in seven other states, Chile, South Africa, Spain, Peru, and Mexico. One of the world's largest celery producers, DUDA Farm Fresh Foods, Inc. is a full-service grower, packer, shipper, marketer, importer, and exporter of fresh fruits and vegetables, and fresh-cut vegetables.
The remarkable health benefits of cruciferous vegetables—including cabbage, broccoli, and cauliflower—increasingly gain attention among the public as research confirms their unique protective and disease fighting qualities. Cruciferous vegetables can stimulate the body's own detoxification system to protect against disease, including cancers of the bladder, prostrate, breast, and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. The cancer fighting properties come from phytochemicals referred to as glucosinolates. Our bodies metabolize them into powerful anti-carcinogens that can provide protective health benefits for up to four days after consumption.
The largest and longest study to date, done as part of the Harvard Nurses Health Study and Health Professionals Follow-up Study, included nearly 110,000 men and women whose health and dietary habits were followed for 14 years. The findings conclude that the higher the average daily intake of fruits and vegetables, the lower the chances of developing cardiovascular disease. The greatest benefits were found from eating cruciferous vegetables, green leafy vegetables, and citrus.
Eating cruciferous vegetables lowers the risk of prostate cancer, colorectal, and lung cancer, more so than what is seen in people who regularly eat other vegetables. In the Health Professionals Follow-up Study of 50,000 men, there was a 51 percent risk reduction for bladder cancer when consuming more than five servings a week of cruciferous vegetables compared to those consuming less than one serving a week.
Regardless of all of these amazing health reports, the reality is American diners are not willing to sacrifice taste and flavor for health. Today, cutting edge chefs set the trend to expand American palates for cruciferous vegetables with inspiration from the world cuisines of Asia, Latin America, and the Mediterranean. By combining high impact flavors and authentic signature ingredients such as toasted nuts, flavorful oils, and spices and herbs with techniques such as oven roasted or stir frying, cruciferous vegetables becomes cravable vegetables. Leading the trend are Southeat Asian inspired stir fries with lemon grass, chilies, and fresh herb, Italian presentations of broccoli braised with dry fruit and almonds, Mexican coleslaw with cilantro and roasted chile peppers, and Indian cauliflower roasted with cardamom and other spices.
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