TITLE:
The Cardiovascular Benefits of Polyphenol Compounds
AUTHORS:
Anthony San Luis
KEYWORDS:
Phytochemicals; Stillbenes; Phenolics; Flavonoids Formatting; Style; Styling
JOURNAL NAME:
Advances in Anthropology,
Vol.3 No.4,
November
5,
2013
ABSTRACT: In comparison,
polyphenols are one of the most diverse to most other groups of bioactive
phytochemicals. Polyphenols can be found in a wide range of foods that are
derived from plants. Polyphenols are made up of various subgroups, but it’s the
phenolics, stillbenes, and flavonoids that engender positive impacts on
cardiovascular health. These three phytochemical compounds can reduce cardiovascular
conditions such as hypertension and coronary heart disease. Remarkably,
polyphenols and its subgroups can be found ubiquitously in most human diets. As
a result, many studies have effectively illustrated the positive impacts
polyphenols can induce when processed by the human body. Furthermore, research
efforts have shown that modern diets and more “traditional” diets have
unknowingly promoted the consumption of foods rife with polyphenols. These
findings are starting to be incorporated into the public health discipline as a
more practical option for more sustainable nutritional interventions. In all,
polyphenols can produce a myriad of positive developments on at the micro and
macro level.