Nutritional Bonus Revealed In Whole Fruit

Nutritional Bonus Revealed In Whole Fruit January 4, 2010 When it comes to food and health, real fruit has it all. Research continues to find that eating whole apples, berries, cherries, grapes and many other fruits guard our health against the development of certain cancers and cardiovascular disease. One class of these powerful protective biochemicals found in whole fruits are called polyphenols. Polyphenols are unique naturally occurring molecules found in whole fruit and have been shown to increase nitric oxide activity within the cells that line blood vessels called endothelial cells. High levels of nitric oxide are essential to the health and vitality of these blood vessel cells. When levels of nitric oxide fall endothelial cells can be injured by "bad" cholesterol called LDL. Nitric oxide prevents the oxidation of LDL so the endothelial cells cannot be injured from the inflammation process that oxidized LDL free radicals can trigger. Read More     Do Men or Women Need More Sleep?   Decades Of Research Prove Light Smoking Kills   Kids Prefer Large Portions To unsubscribe or change subscriber options   click here .

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