Intake of flavonoids helps prevent cancer and heart disease

Researchers at edith Cowen University's School of Medicine and Health analyzed data from a Danish diet, cancer and health team that assessed the diet of 53,048 Danes for 23 yearsresearchers found that people who habitually ate moderate amounts to large amounts of flavonoid diet, a compound found in plant-based foods and beverages, had a lower risk of dying from cancer or heart diseasestudy leader DrNigula Bondenno said they found that people who ate flavonoid-rich foods were generally at lower risk of dying, and that prevention appeared to be most effective among people at high risk of chronic diseases caused by smoking and those who drank more than twice as much alcohol a day"These findings are important because they highlight the potential to prevent cancer and heart disease by encouraging people to eat flavonoid-rich foods, especially those with high rates of chronic disease," she saidin addition, the study noted that subjects who consumed about 500 milligrams of flavonoids a day had the lowest risk of cancer or heart disease"It's important to eat a variety of flavonoids from different plant foods and beverages,"Bondenno saidThis is easy to do with a diet: a cup of tea, an apple, an orange, 100grams of blueberries and 100 grams of broccoli can provide a total of more than 500 mg of different types of flavonoids"