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What makes brown rice healthy? Decoding the chemistry of its nutritional wealth

January 21, 2023 by Captain Organic Planet

Asian diets feature rice as a staple grain, contributing towards nearly 90% of the world’s rice consumption. Brown rice, in particular, is known to have several health benefits. As a regular addition to the diet, it can help reduce body weight, lower cholesterol, and suppress inflammation. The ability of brown rice to neutralize reactive oxygen […]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: antioxidant, brown rice, diet, rice

Green tea and iron, bad combination

July 18, 2021 by Captain Organic Planet

Green tea is touted for its many health benefits as a powerful antioxidant, but experiments in a laboratory mouse model of inflammatory bowel disease suggest that consuming green tea along with dietary iron may actually lessen green tea’s benefits. “If you drink green tea after an iron-rich meal, the main compound in the tea will […]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: antioxidant, green tea, iron

Natural Painkillers And Strong Antioxidants Found In Tart Cherries

May 13, 2021 by Captain Organic Planet

The chemicals that give tart cherries their red color may relieve pain better than aspirin and may provide antioxidant protection comparable to commercially available supplements like vitamin E, according to Michigan State University researchers. The new findings “suggest that the consumption of cherries may have the potential to reduce cardiovascular or chronic diseases in humans […]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: antioxidant, antioxidants, cherry, natural painkiller, tart cherry

Strawberries boost red blood cells, study finds

April 3, 2021 by Captain Organic Planet

A group of volunteers ate half a kilo of strawberries every day for two weeks to demonstrate that eating this fruit improves the antioxidant capacity of blood. The study, carried out by Italian and Spanish researchers, showed that strawberries boost red blood cells’ response to oxidative stress, an imbalance that is associated with various diseases. […]

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Green tea compound aids p53, ‘guardian of the genome’ and tumor suppressor

February 20, 2021 by Captain Organic Planet

An antioxidant found in green tea may increase levels of p53, a natural anti-cancer protein, known as the “guardian of the genome” for its ability to repair DNA damage or destroy cancerous cells. Published today in Nature Communications, a study of the direct interaction between p53 and the green tea compound, epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), points to […]

Filed Under: Cancer Tagged With: antioxidant, cancer, green tea, human cancer, p53, protein, tumor, tumor suppressor

Organic conditions boost flavonoids and antioxidant activity in onions

January 15, 2021 by Captain Organic Planet

Five years ago, a highly publicized meta-analysis of more than 200 studies concluded that organic food was no more nutritious than conventionally grown food. Since then, however, additional work has suggested the organic foods contain more health-benefiting phytochemicals. Now, researchers have found that flavonoid levels and antioxidant activity in organic onions are higher than in […]

Filed Under: Organic Foods Tagged With: Allium, antioxidant, antioxidants, flavonoids, foods, onions, organic

Phytochemicals In Apples Are Found To Provide Anticancer And Anti-Oxidant Benefits

October 15, 2020 by Captain Organic Planet

Time to adjust an old adage: It’s the phytochemicals in the apple each day that keep the doctor away. A combination of plant chemicals, such as flavanoids and polyphenols — collectively known as phytochemicals — found both within the flesh of apple and particularly in the skin — provide the fruit’s anti-oxidant and anti-cancer benefits, […]

Filed Under: Cancer Tagged With: antioxidant, apples, cancer, phytochemicals

Cooking Tomatoes Boosts Disease-Fighting Power

October 11, 2020 by Captain Organic Planet

Cooking tomatoes — such as in spaghetti sauce — makes the fruit heart-healthier and boosts its cancer-fighting ability. All this, despite a loss of vitamin C during the cooking process, say Cornell food scientists. The reason: cooking substantially raises the levels of beneficial compounds called phytochemicals. Writing in the latest issue of the Journal of Agriculture […]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: antioxidant, cooking, disease, lycopene, phytochemicals, tomatoes, vitamin C

Don’t Throw Out Old, Sprouting Garlic — It Has Heart-Healthy Antioxidants

December 18, 2016 by Captain Organic Planet

“Sprouted” garlic — old garlic bulbs with bright green shoots emerging from the cloves — is considered to be past its prime and usually ends up in the garbage can. But scientists are reporting in ACS’ Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry that this type of garlic has even more heart-healthy antioxidant activity than its […]

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Freezing Blueberries Improves Antioxidant Availability

April 18, 2016 by Captain Organic Planet

Blueberries pack a powerful antioxidant punch, whether eaten fresh or from the freezer, according to South Dakota State University graduate Marin Plumb. Anthocyanins, a group of antioxidant compounds, are responsible for the color in blueberries, she explains. Since most of the color is in the skin, freezing the blueberries actually improves the availability of the […]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: antioxidant, blueberries, blueberry, fruit

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