flavonoids
- Created by: Monique Parker
- Created on: 23-03-15 17:23
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- flavonoids
- together with carotenes responsible for colouring of fruit, veg and herbs
- quercetin, kaempferol, rutin, hesperidin, naringenin, cathechins, anthocyanins, isoflavones
- anti-oxidant anti-allergy anti-cancer anti-inflamm anti-viral
- fruits green & black tea soya cocoa cruciferous veg
- CVD diabetes cancer immune system osteoporosis hormonal issues cholesterol levels liver function
- contra-indication: grapefruit - naringenin, as it inhibits intestinal CYP3A4 and CYP1A2 pathways and can interfere with drug metabolism, i.e. statins
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