Flavonoids

Dietary flavonols and risk of Alzheimer dementia

Neurology® — Holland TM, Agarwal P, Wang Y, et al. | April 21, 2020 Among 921 candidates of the Rush Memory and Aging Project (MAP), an ongoing community-based, prospective cohort, researchers intended to determine if there is a connection between dietary intake of flavonols and Alzheimer dementia. Utilizing a validated food frequency questionnaire, participants completed […]

Association of flavonoids and flavonoid-rich foods with all-cause mortality: The Blue Mountains Eye Study

Clinical Nutrition — Bondonno NP, et al. | January 21, 2019 In The Blue Mountains Eye Study, which included 2,349 participants, researchers examined the associations of flavonoid and flavonoid-rich wholefood intakes with all-cause mortality and the moderating effects of risk factors for early mortality. Using US Department of Agriculture food composition databases, they calculated flavonoid […]

Dietary flavonoid intake and risk of incident depression in midlife and older women

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 07/18/2016 Chang SC, et al. For this study, authors intend to investigate the relationship between estimated habitual dietary flavonoids consumptions and risk of incident depression. Finding suggest lower depression risk is related to higher flavonoid consumption specially in older women. Future research are required to verify this relationship. Methods They […]

Sick of Being Sick? 30 High Flavenoid Foods to Reduce the Incidence, Length & Severity of Infections by 40% (Avg.)

SuppVersity – Nutrition and Exercise Science for Everyone Wednesday, May 25, 2016 The number of purported anti-URTI (=anti Upper Respiratory Tract Infection) agents is unquestionable higher than the average number of yearly upper respiratory infections of the average US citizen, which is 2-4. Which of these usually natural agents actually have the ability to protect […]

Fruit, Tea, and Wine Could Guard Against Type 2 Diabetes

Lisa Nainggolan January 20, 2014 A new study in healthy women suggests that consuming high levels of flavonoids, including compounds found in berries, tea, grapes, and wine, could potentially lower the risk of type 2 diabetes. The study, published in the February issue of the Journal of Nutrition, indicates that greater intake of these dietary […]