Northern Nutritionals

Tag: flavonoids

  • Dietary Pattern Metabolites

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    Karline Jensen
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    Tong et al.(2020) analyzed serum metabolites against adherence to the Mediterranean Diet and against cardiometabolic risk factors, in participants of the Fenland cohort study, to see which metabolites might be involved in the ability of the Mediterranean Diet to prevent cardiometabolic disease, citing Sofi et al. (2014) as an example of this preventative effect.  They…

  • Quercetin

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    Karline Jensen
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    Among the polyphenol phytochemicals found in blueberries, broccoli, onions, and green tea is the flavonoid quercetin (Li et al., 2021).  Quercetin is also found in apples and grapes (Gugliandolo et al., 2020).  Sanver et al. describe the structure of quercetin in a peer-reviewed primary article; they found that the different structures of different types of…