High diet polyphenols good for better health !

A study revealed that a diet high in polyphenols can help reduce the number of deaths caused by chronic diseases such as stroke and heart disease by 30% in adults and the elderly.

Polyphenols are naturally occurring chemical compounds found in many fruits and vegetables and serve to give color to the skin and leaves.

Fruits and vegetables contain lots of polyphenols include coffee, tea, and nuts, while the parts that have high levels of polyphenols contained in the skin of apples, grapes, and oranges.

According to the researchers, the benefits of polyphenol compounds have antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, prevent cancer and prevent the risk of heart disease.

The researchers who are members of The Biomarkers and Nutritional & Food metabolomics Research Group at the Universitat de Barcelona, ​​Spain, analyzing research data that has been conducted for 12 years by researchers in Italy involving 807 men and women at the age of 65 years.

Then the researchers analyzed the effect of a diet rich in polyphenols through a nutrition or total urinary biomarkers Polyphenols (TUP) as a measure of the amount of nutrition that is eaten.

The researchers found that the overall mortality rate was reduced by 30% for those who do a diet high in polyphenols (> 650 mg per day), compared with participants who had a low intake of polyphenols (<500 mg per day).

"The results strengthen the scientific evidence that shows that people who consume a diet of fruit and vegetables have a lower risk of several chronic diseases and overall mortality," said Raul Zamora Ros, lead author of the study from the Institut d'Investigació Biomedica de Bellvitge (IDIBELL) , Barcelona, ​​Spain.

While Professor Cristina Andrés Lacueva, head Biomarkers and Nutritional & Food metabolomics Research Group at the Universitat de Barcelona, ​​and who is responsible in this study explains, "The development and use of nutritional biomarkers allow us to make estimates more precise and more objective in order to determine the value nutrient intake from food, "said Lacueva, as quoted from Science Daily.

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