Category Archives: Flavonoids

Should You Eat More Fruit and Vegetables?

Posted on January 4, 2017 by Robert Barrington

Fruit and vegetable consumption is recommended to be increased for most of the population. This is based on the simple fact that most people do not consume much, if any plant based food regularly. Plant foods, particularly fruits and vegetables … Continue reading →

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Flavonoids For Disease Prevention

Posted on December 23, 2016 by Robert Barrington

Flavonoids are a group of polyphenolic compound present in plants as secondary metabolites (meaning they are synthesised for purposes other than primary metabolic activity). Many edible and commonly consumed plants contain flavonoids, and as a result human consumption of flavonoids … Continue reading →

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Organic Fruit Skin: Rich in Flavonoids?

Posted on November 21, 2016 by Robert Barrington

Polyphenols are a large heterogenous group of chemicals, many thousand of which are found in plants. Vitamin E is a well known dietary polyphenolic substance, but others include stilbenes, chalcones and terpenes. Flavonoids are another group of polyphenols phytochemicals that … Continue reading →

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Eat More Cocoa, Improve Your Health

Posted on October 25, 2016 by Robert Barrington

It is often considered that physiological and mental deterioration occurs inevitably during ageing. For example, muscle mass and blood pressure show detrimental physiological decreases and increases, respectively, as ageing proceeds. Mental function too shows a correlative decline with advancing years … Continue reading →

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Reasons to Drink Green Tea

Posted on October 20, 2016 by Robert Barrington

Green tea has been extensively researched for its health effects in humans. Of all the foods with suspected health effects green tea has been possibly researched the most. Historical and anecdotal evidence suggest tea is beneficial to health. Cell culture, … Continue reading →

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Concord Grape Juice and Memory

Posted on October 19, 2016 by Robert Barrington

Evidence suggests that fruits and vegetables have beneficial health effects. The exact reason for this is not known, but studies suggest that the polyphenols contained within fruits and vegetables may have a number of beneficial health effects. One line of … Continue reading →

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More Evidence That Chocolate May Be Good For You

Posted on September 29, 2016 by Robert Barrington

Plant rich diets may be beneficial because of the phytochemical nutrients they contain. Flavonoids are a group of phytochemicals that includes the flavonols, flavan-3-ols (also called catechins), flavones, flavanones, anthocyanins and proanthocyanidins. Flavonoids have been shown to possess health benefits … Continue reading →

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Flavonoid Intake Associated with Health

Posted on July 28, 2016 by Robert Barrington

Flavonoids are a group of polyphenolic phytonutrients that are widespread amongst the plant kingdom. The flavonoid class is made up of a number of subclasses including flavones, flavanones, flavan-3-ols, anthocyanins, proanthocyanidins and flavonols. Flavonoids are responsible for many of the … Continue reading →

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Orange Juice Polyphenol Bioavailability

Posted on June 9, 2016 by Robert Barrington

Oranges are a good source of polyphenols including glycosides of hesperetin and naringenin (mainly hesperetin-7-O-rutinoside (hesperidin) and naringenin-7-O-rutinoside (narirutin)). Consumption of oranges has been shown to be inversely associated with cardiovascular disease. The protective effects of oranges has been suggested … Continue reading →

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Are Flavonoids Protective of Cancer?

Posted on June 8, 2016 by Robert Barrington

Flavonoids are a group of dietary polyphenols present in many plant foods. Fruits and vegetables are rich sources of flavonoids, as too are tea and wine. Flavonoids have been researched with regard to their anti-cancer effects. Cell culture experiments have … Continue reading →

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