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  • Is Oxidative Stress Affecting Your Dna?
    Many people today are becoming more aware of using antioxidants (from specific foods or supplements) to combat oxidative stress. When asked why antioxidant strategies are taken, many say they fear oxidative damage to their DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid), a molecule containing genetic instructions for building cells.

    These fears may be justified. The fact is, the resulting mutation from oxidized DNA may trigger pathological outcomes, including cancer, neurological degeneratio...
  • Blackberry - Just The Faqs
    When the plant antioxidant story became public a few years ago, one of the first fruits to rise to the top of the ORAC charts was the blackberry (Rubus ursinus).

    A member of the rose family (Rosacea) and Rubus species of brambleberries (also called “caneberries”), the blackberry has become one of Oregon's most important fruit exports. Blackberries have an exotic nature to them perpetuated by the culinary fame of the famous Marionberry, a species of blackberry first bred fr...
  • Getting Familiar With Flavonoids
    Ever wonder what natural compounds account for the aroma, flavor and color of vegetables and fruits? The answer is flavonoids. Thousands of them.

    Interest by the public in flavonoids has been increasing due to the growing reputation of food antioxidants that can have beneficial roles in disease prevention. The number of hits on Google for flavonoids is 2.52 million, and on PubMed, an online database just for medical research, there are over 34,000 original publications on ...
  • Toward Berry Good Aging
    As Canadians live longer and pay more attention to diet and healthy lifestyles, those in middle to upper ages want to “add life to years”, not just years to life.

    One way for aging well is to consume colour-rich plants (i.e., mixed vegetables, varied fruits and particularly different brightly coloured berries).

    Why is coloring a good guide for food selection?

    Science teaches us that vivid colours in plants like berries come from pigments provided by Nature to ward of...
  • A Toast To Resveratrol, An Amazing Grape Antioxidant
    One of the most well-known stories about the health benefits of eating fruit is called the French Paradox – the condition of unexpected low incidence of cardiovascular disease in French citizens who regularly eat extraordinary quantities of high-fat foods and consume red wine. These people technically should have high rates of cardiovascular disease but seem protected by the chemicals in wine.

    Although we now recognize that high-fat diets are undesirable, the potential ben...
  • Phytochemicals And The Health Value Of Colors
    Mother Nature has generously supplied the plant world with thousands of bioactive chemicals, in turn giving protection to assure health and regeneration of the species. In each edible plant are dozens, if not hundreds, of phytochemicals with health benefits that transfer to us through our diet.

    A simple way to grasp what phytochemicals do is to understand why plants have colors in the first place. Colorful chemicals can be described as pigments in two main classes: phenoli...
  • Fermentable Fiber For Functional Foods
    The title’s abuse of alliteration is meant to draw attention to an often ignored and misunderstood nutrient category with growing scientific evidence for significant health benefits. Fiber!

    Most consumers associate fiber with bowel regularity, an important function of normal body physiology. We all know it’s healthy to be regular but there are more subtle and important roles fiber plays in our health and protection against disease.

    Defining Insoluble and Soluble Fibers
    ...
  • Anthocyanin Antioxidants – Just The Faqs
    We've been reading a lot in magazines and newspapers about antioxidant plant foods, including berries like blueberries and cranberries, and we keep seeing the word anthocyanins.

    What are anthocyanins?

    Anthocyanins (Etymology: Greek. anthos = Flower, kyáneos = purple) are water-soluble pigments reflecting the red to blue range of the visible spectrum. The colour depends on the acidity of the surrounding medium.

    Anthocyanins exist only in plants with bright colors in e...
  • Antioxidants And Brain Health
    Your brain is your greatest asset but it is also your body’s most vulnerable organ. It requires constant support from other major organs and is your most susceptible organ to oxidative stress during aging.

    Here are some brain facts:

    1. Your brain makes up only 2% of your total body weight but requires 20% of your heart’s output of blood to sustain the amount of oxygen that it needs.

    2. Your brain is the most oxygen-demanding organ in your body.

    3. Your brain uses ...

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