Flavorful Flavonoids for Heart Health
Good News! There’s new license to eat strawberries, dark chocolate, red wine, apples, pears and the like 
. A study in the March 2007 edition of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition concludes that foods such as these rich in flavonoids may be linked to a reduction in heart disease risk. I’m certainly game to eat these foods with flavonoids, but I like the added assurance of daily flavonoid supplements to be sure I’m getting the beneficial levels.
Flavonoids are a class of water-soluble antioxidant compounds found in many plant-based foods and known to support capillary strength, cardiovascular health and circulation. According to the Reuters Health report of this study, it analyzed dietary patterns of postmenopausal women participating in the Iowa Women’s Health Study.
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