HPED 2507 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Flavonoid, Red Wine, Whole Foods Market
8 Feb 2020
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Phytochemicals may be: beneficial ; neutral ; harmful; mixed- beneficial and harmful. Actions of phytochemicals: act as antioxidants, mimic hormones, alter blood constituents. May protect against: cancer, cvd, eye disease. Examples of phytochemicals and their effects (take your own notes) Cautions: effects can vary depending on dose, person, life stage, health etc, benefits not yet related to individual phytochemicals; rather whole foods, very little safety assessment on concentrated supplements can be toxic. Benefits - 3 ounces of dark chocolate: flavonoid antioxidant increases : oxidizing compounds decreases, thin blood. Concerns: no evidence for reduction in cvd; Soy: epidemiological evidence from asians living in asia less, osteoporosis, breast, colon and prostate cancer, heart diseases, menopause. Flax seed: potential benefits of flax, animals exposed to carcinogens, decreased tumors, women more phytoestrogens = decrease breast cancer, research, lacking. Interfere with vitamin and mineral absorption: digestive distress. Include 1-2 spoons of ground flaxseed in diet. Lycopene: tomatoes: decreased cancer of esophagus, prostate and stomach.
