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Coffee and AntioxidantsA research group from The University of Scranton, in Pennsylvania recently found that the average adult gets 1,299 milligrams of antioxidants from coffee each day. Bananas was a very distance second, contributing only 76 milligrams of antioxidants to the typical adult diet. Find out more about antioxidants at the ScienceDaily website. New Insights Into How Natural Antioxidants Fight Fat Scientists in Taiwan are reporting new insights into why diets rich in fruits and vegetables reduce the risk of obesity. Their study focuses on healthful natural antioxidant compounds called flavonoids and phenolic acids.
In the study, Gow-Chin Yen and Chin-Lin Hsu point out that large amounts of those compounds occur in fruits, vegetables, nuts and plant-based beverages such as coffee, tea, and wine. Scientists long have known that flavonoids and phenolic acids have beneficial health effects in reducing the risk of heart attacks, cancer, obesity, and other disorders. However, there has been uncertainty about exactly how these compounds affect adipocytes, or fat cells. Find out more at
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