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Phytochemicals

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• phytoestrogens / antioxidants / soy / carotenoids / flavonoids

News & Research:

• Phytochemicals In Plant-based Foods Could Help Battle Obesity, Disease - Science Daily, 10/21/09 - "Eating more plant-based foods, which are rich in substances called phytochemicals, seems to prevent oxidative stress in the body, a process associated with obesity and the onset of disease ... Diets low in plant-based foods affect health over the course of a long period of time ... This is related to annual weight gain, low levels of inflammation and oxidative stress. Those are the onset processes of disease that debilitate people later in life"
• Potatoes Chock Full Of Phytochemicals - Science Daily, 10/6/07
• Phytochemicals May Protect Cartilage, Prevent Pain In Joints - Science Daily, 10/10/05 - "plant-derived compounds known for their ability to protect tissue also appear to block the activity of an enzyme that triggers inflammation in joints"
• Plant Foods To The Rescue; Fruit, Vegetables Turn "Superhero" To Fight Disease - Intelihealth, 8/11/04 - "Some phytochemicals, or plant chemicals, knock out carcinogens and fight inflammation. Some regulate how quickly cells reproduce and spur old, damaged cells to self-destruct. Other plant chemicals perform "routine maintenance" on DNA ... most experts agree that the body needs a variety of these phytochemicals -- there are more than 25,000 of them -- to stay in top form"
• Disease-Fighting Phytonutrients - Intelihealth, 5/23/03
• Soy and Health: What's the Scoop? Most Recent Addition to Soy Research Shows Lower Breast Cancer Risk - WebMD, 12/21/00
• Researchers Find Phytochemicals In Apples May Fight Off Cancer - Intelihealth, 8/22/00
• Phytochemicals: Nutrients Whose Time Has Come - Nutrition Science News, 7/00
• Study Examines Red Wine Antioxidant - Intelihealth, 6/29/00

Abstract:

• Phytosterols supplementation decreases plasma small and dense LDL levels in metabolic syndrome patients on a westernized type diet - Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis. 2011 Feb 11 - "After 2 months supplementation with phytosterols, a significant reduction in total cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol, small and dense LDL (sdLDL) levels, as well as, apoB and triglycerides concentrations were observed in the intervention group (P < 0.05) compared to the control group. In addition, phytosterol supplementation lowered serum total cholesterol by 15.9%, LDL-cholesterol by 20.3% and triglyceride levels by 19.1% (P = 0.02, P < 0.001 and P < 0.001, respectively), although the patients kept their habitual westernized type diet. No differences were observed in HDL cholesterol, apoA1, glucose, C-reactive protein, fibrinogen levels and blood pressure"
• Soy phytochemicals decrease nonsmall cell lung cancer growth in female athymic mice - J Nutr. 2008 Jul;138(7):1360-4 - "soy phytochemicals slow the in vivo growth of NSCLC xenografts; the modulation of the Akt-signaling pathway observed in tumors of SSE-treated mice may have a role in the activity observed. Our research provides further support for the concept that consumption of phytoestrogens may be effective in delaying lung cancer progression"