Thursday, March 29, 2018

Be Heart Healthy With Flavonoids

Do you know of flavonoids and how they benefit the health of the heart? Flavonoids are a type of antioxidants in fruits, vegetables and certain beverages. Flavonoids are a hot topic because it reports on the anti-virus, anti-allergy, platelets (blood clotting), inflammation, cancer (cancer) and health benefits of antioxidants. Many of the positive effects of wine, fruit, vegetables, tea and red with errors in flavonoids, as the nutrients and vitamins associated known.


New research shows that increases outside of your wine consumption and omega-3 content in plasma. Studies have shown that a glass of wine, women and two drinks per day for men increased use of fatty acids, omega-3 fish. It has been suggested that alcohol is responsible for the increase in omega-3 fatty acids, but other parts of the wine (eg polyphenol antioxidants). What’s more omega-3 fatty acids was not observed when the beer or other alcoholic beverages have been used for fish.

Antioxidants protect cells from damage cause by free radicals, oxidative stress and cell damage. Oxidative stress, cancer, aging, atherosclerosis, ischemia, inflammation and neurodegenerative diseases. For example, the oxidation of LDL plays a key role in the development of heart disease.

Here are some sources of flavonoids:

High concentration of flavonoids (> 50 mg/100 g food)

Onions, cabbage, green beans, broccoli, chicory, celery, cranberries, orange juice

Middle the content of flavonoids (1-5 mg/100 g food)

Lettuce, tomatoes, peppers, strawberries, peas, apples, grapes, red wine, tea, tomato juice

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