Health: Procyanidins


	Health: Procyanidins

kmcolo

2-2-2008 2:38 PM

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health, wine, chocolate, diet, procyanidins

kmcolo says:

Wine and chocolate, wine and chocolate! Oh, and apples and cranberry juice too.

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/f78d2f33-4f66-4576-baf6-ac8d72c32e1e/D3439A48-EC5C-4D67-9F2F-5CEF641F94FE/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://jn.nutrition.org/cgi/content/full/130/8/2086S" href="http://jn.nutrition.org/cgi/content/full/130/8/2086S" style="font-size: 11px;">jn.nutrition.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://jn.nutrition.org/cgi/content/full/130/8/2086S">
Procyanidins are a subclass of flavonoids found in commonly<SUP> </SUP>consumed
foods that have attracted increasing attention due<SUP> </SUP>to their potential
health benefits.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://jn.nutrition.org/cgi/content/full/130/8/2086S">On average,
chocolate and apples contained<SUP> </SUP>the largest procyanidin content per
serving (164.7 and 147.1<SUP> </SUP>mg, respectively) compared with red wine and
cranberry juice<SUP> </SUP>(22.0 and 31.9 mg, respectively). </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://jn.nutrition.org/cgi/content/full/130/8/2086S">However, the
procyanidin content<SUP> </SUP>varied greatly between apple samples (12.3–252.4
mg/serving)<SUP> </SUP>with the highest amounts on average observed for the Red
Delicious<SUP> </SUP>(207.7 mg/serving) and Granny Smith (183.3 mg/serving)
varieties<SUP> </SUP>and the lowest amounts in the Golden Delicious (92.5
mg/serving)<SUP> </SUP>and McIntosh (105.0 mg/serving) varieties. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://jn.nutrition.org/cgi/content/full/130/8/2086S"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/jn.nutrition.org/img/51835137-D673-46B5-AD69-1F6EB963CA46" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://jn.nutrition.org/cgi/content/full/130/8/2086S"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/jn.nutrition.org/img/FF4F4E63-F55F-4BC7-AA98-A0FD32FC7E99" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://jn.nutrition.org/cgi/content/full/130/8/2086S"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/jn.nutrition.org/img/FAB361F4-4D70-448F-95D6-1AD7399CD8EE" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://jn.nutrition.org/cgi/content/full/130/8/2086S"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/jn.nutrition.org/img/C01ED6C6-C130-4712-A1A9-8A1E29868080" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://jn.nutrition.org/cgi/content/full/130/8/2086S">
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foods and beverages, including chocolate, apples, cranberry<SUP> </SUP>juice and
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