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| Robinetin is a flavonoid that produced an 87 percent reduction in mutagenicity and a 67 to 80 percent reduction in minor-promotion activity in one study. The anticancer effects of the flavonoids robinetin and apigenin were assessed in a study published in the journal Carcinogenesis. The research was conducted at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. 109 |
| A recent study evaluated the potential anticarcinogenic flavonoids quercetin, kaempferol, myricetin, apigenin, and luteolin in 4,112 adults. The average intake of all flavonoids was 23 mg per day. The most important flavonoid was quercetin, with a mean intake of 16 mg per day. The major sources of flavonoids were green tea, onions, and apples. The evaluation of this study concluded that the antioxidant effects of these flavonoids exceeds that of beta-carotene and vitamin E.110 |
| Essential Fatty Acids (EFAs) and Other Important Fats |
| Currently, supermarkets offer mostly toxic processed oils or, just as bad, food with all the fat removed. Food that has been altered to become fat-free, the big rage in health food these days, is really not healthy food at all. It is generally food in which fat has been replaced with chemicals and sugar. |
| Recently, in the race to lower cholesterol, there has been much misinformation disseminated about fats. Contrary to popular opinion, healthy fats should make up a large part of our diet, about 25 to 30 percent Most Americans are seriously deficient in the essential fatty acids. |
| The Role of EFAs |
| The life processes of plants, animals, and humans are greatly dependent on sunlight and its transformation into photons, electrons, and pi-electrons. Unsaturated fatty adds play a major role in this transfer of electrons and therefore in the effect that respiratory enzymes and auto-oxidation have on maintaining or restoring normal metabolism. |
| Here's how the transfer works. The energy the sun gives off is called photon energy. Electrons that orbit every atom in the universe are made up of two photons. Electrons absorb photons through vibration, and this leads m energy. Electrons can also emit photons, which involves a great expenditure of |
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