Study: Fruits and Veggies May Help Reduce Weight Gain
If you're a fan of fruits and vegetables, as well as whole-food juice concentrates made from those things, then here's some good news for you.
A study, published in the British Medical Journal, has discovered that flavonoids from fruits and vegetables may help reduce weight gain.
Researchers looked at data from the Nurse’s Health Study, the Nurse’s Health Study II and the Health Professionals Follow Up Study.
They found people who regularly ate fruits and vegetables gained 0.16 to 0.23 pounds less than the yearly standard deviation.
On average, men gain 2.2 pounds in a four-year period, while women gain about 2.9 pounds.
These are the flavonoids they studied:
Flavanones (eriodictyol, hesperetin, and naringenin), anthocyanins (cyanidin, delphinidin, malvidin, pelargonidin, petunidin, and peonidin), flavan-3-ols (catechin, gallocatechin, epicatechin, epigallocatechin, epicatechin 3-gallate, and epigallocatechin 3-gallate), proanthocyanidins (dimers, trimers, 4-6mers, 7-10mers, and polymers), flavonoid polymers (proanthocyanidins, theaflavins, and thearubigins), flavonols (quercetin, kaempferol, myricetin, and isorhamnetin), and flavones (luteolin and apigenin) - as well as total flavonoids.
Anthocyanins, flavonoid polymers and flavonols were the most strongly associated with these benefits.
Losing weight is a great confidence booster, but it also improves cardiovascular health and lowers blood pressure. So get more fruits, veggies and flavonoids in your diet with BarleyLife Xtra.
P.S. BarleyLife Xtra combines 18 fruits and vegetables with young barley grass, one of the most nutritious plants on earth.
It's a quick and easy way to get the nutrition you need for your good health.
How many fruits and vegetables have you eaten today?
A study, published in the British Medical Journal, has discovered that flavonoids from fruits and vegetables may help reduce weight gain.
Researchers looked at data from the Nurse’s Health Study, the Nurse’s Health Study II and the Health Professionals Follow Up Study.
They found people who regularly ate fruits and vegetables gained 0.16 to 0.23 pounds less than the yearly standard deviation.
On average, men gain 2.2 pounds in a four-year period, while women gain about 2.9 pounds.
These are the flavonoids they studied:
Flavanones (eriodictyol, hesperetin, and naringenin), anthocyanins (cyanidin, delphinidin, malvidin, pelargonidin, petunidin, and peonidin), flavan-3-ols (catechin, gallocatechin, epicatechin, epigallocatechin, epicatechin 3-gallate, and epigallocatechin 3-gallate), proanthocyanidins (dimers, trimers, 4-6mers, 7-10mers, and polymers), flavonoid polymers (proanthocyanidins, theaflavins, and thearubigins), flavonols (quercetin, kaempferol, myricetin, and isorhamnetin), and flavones (luteolin and apigenin) - as well as total flavonoids.
Anthocyanins, flavonoid polymers and flavonols were the most strongly associated with these benefits.
Losing weight is a great confidence booster, but it also improves cardiovascular health and lowers blood pressure. So get more fruits, veggies and flavonoids in your diet with BarleyLife Xtra.
P.S. BarleyLife Xtra combines 18 fruits and vegetables with young barley grass, one of the most nutritious plants on earth.
It's a quick and easy way to get the nutrition you need for your good health.
How many fruits and vegetables have you eaten today?