Question: What exactly
are flavonoids? (Hint: they have nothing
to do with hip-hop.)
Answer: Flavonoids
are plant compounds. Oh.
More helpfully, flavonoids
are found in a variety of fruits and vegetables,
and they are believed to have a variety
of health-boosting effects, including
lowering risks of heart disease, cancer,
stroke, diabetes, and a wide range of
other diseases. Common sense would tell
you that if these little doodads are found
in fruits and vegetables, then surely
they’re present in products that
come from fruits and vegetables –
like wine. And sure enough, a recent study
seems to suggest that’s true.
Researchers from Finland’s
National Public Health Institute recently
published a report in the American Journal
of Clinical Nutrition (http://www.ajcn.org/)
directly correlating a higher consumption
of flavonoids with lower overall mortality
rates as well as death rates from a variety
of diseases.
Apples seem to be the most
effective. Apple wine, anyone?
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