Flavonoids in Orange Juice can Repress Oxidative Stress from Unhealthy Food
According to a study from Buffalo, consuming foods consisting of flavonoids, orange juice, in this case, together with a high-fat, high-carbohydrate fast-food meal appears to balance the oxidative and inflammatory stress generated by the unhealthy food and helps in preventing blood vessel injury.
This news appears to have given some insight concerning flavonoids.
Free radicals or reactive oxygen species are supposedly recognized to stimulate inflammation in blood vessel linings and add to the risk of heart attack and stroke. Study authors are of the view that the powerful defensive effect of orange juice is most likely connected with its heavy load of the flavonoids naringenin and hesperidin that are considered to be major antioxidants.
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