Journal ArticleDOI
Bioactive compounds in foods: their role in the prevention of cardiovascular disease and cancer
Penny M. Kris-Etherton,Kari D Hecker,Andrea Bonanome,Stacie M. Coval,Amy E. Binkoski,Kirsten F Hilpert,Amy E. Griel,Terry D. Etherton +7 more
TLDR
Many bioactive compounds are extranutritional constituents that typically occur in small quantities in foods and are grouped accordingly as phenolic compounds, including their subcategory, flavonoids as discussed by the authors.About:
This article is published in The American Journal of Medicine.The article was published on 2002-12-30. It has received 2091 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Cruciferous vegetables.read more
Citations
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI
American Cancer Society Guidelines on Nutrition and Physical Activity for Cancer Prevention: Reducing the Risk of Cancer with Healthy Food Choices and Physical Activity
Lawrence H. Kushi,Tim Byers,Colleen Doyle,Elisa V. Bandera,Marji McCullough,Ted Gansler,Kimberly S. Andrews,Michael J. Thun,Barbara E. Ainsworth,Rachel Ballard-Barbash,Abby F. Bloch,June M. Chan,Ralph J. Coates,Wendy Demark-Wahnefried,Jo L. Freudenheim,Peter H. Gann,Edward Giovannucci,T. J. Hartman,Laurence N. Kolonel,Alice H. Lichtenstein,Maria Elena Martinez,Anne McTiernan,Marion E. Morra,Arthur Schatzkin,Marty L. Slattery,Stephanie A. Smith-Warner,Judith Wylie-Rosett,Wei Zheng,Terri Ades,Vilma Cokkinides,Alicia Samuels,David P. Ringer,Robert A. Smith +32 more
TL;DR: This committee presents one key recommendation for community action to accompany the four recommendations for individual choices to reduce cancer risk, recognizing that a supportive social environment is indispensable if individuals at all levels of society are to have genuine opportunities to choose healthy behaviors.
Journal ArticleDOI
Nutrition and physical activity guidelines for cancer survivors.
Cheryl L. Rock,Colleen Doyle,Wendy Demark-Wahnefried,Jeffrey A. Meyerhardt,Kerry S. Courneya,Anna L. Schwartz,Elisa V. Bandera,Kathryn K. Hamilton,Barbara L. Grant,Marjorie L. McCullough,Tim Byers,Ted Gansler +11 more
TL;DR: The American Cancer Society (ACS) conducted a study with a group of experts in nutrition, physical activity, and cancer survivorship to evaluate the scientific evidence and best clinical practices related to optimal nutrition and physical activity after the diagnosis of cancer.
Journal ArticleDOI
Free radicals, natural antioxidants, and their reaction mechanisms
TL;DR: The mechanism of action of the natural antioxidant compounds and assays and their reaction mechanisms can help in evaluating the antioxidant activity of various antioxidant compounds as well as in the development of novel antioxidants.
Journal ArticleDOI
American Cancer Society guidelines on nutrition and physical activity for cancer prevention
Lawrence H. Kushi,Colleen Doyle,Marji McCullough,Cheryl L. Rock,Wendy Demark-Wahnefried,Elisa V. Bandera,Susan M. Gapstur,Alpa V. Patel,Kimberly S. Andrews,Ted Gansler +9 more
TL;DR: Recommendations for community action to accompany the 4 recommendations for individual choices to reduce cancer risk recognize that a supportive social and physical environment is indispensable if individuals at all levels of society are to have genuine opportunities to choose healthy behaviors.
Journal ArticleDOI
The molecular basis of working mechanism of natural polyphenolic antioxidants
TL;DR: In this article, a summary of the research work performed so far using high accuracy quantum chemical methods on polyphenolic antioxidant compounds is presented, which represents a further important contribution to elucidation of the beneficial effects on health of these substances.
References
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI
Dietary Reference Intakes for Energy, Carbohydrate, Fiber, Fat, Fatty Acids, Cholesterol, Protein and Amino Acids
Journal ArticleDOI
Cancer Chemopreventive Activity of Resveratrol, a Natural Product Derived from Grapes
Mei-Shiang Jang,Lining Cai,George Udeani,Karla Slowing,Cathy F. Thomas,Chris Beecher,Harry H. S. Fong,Norman R. Farnsworth,A. Douglas Kinghorn,Rajendra G. Mehta,Richard C. Moon,John M. Pezzuto +11 more
TL;DR: It is suggested that resveratrol, a common constituent of the human diet, merits investigation as a potential cancer chemopreventive agent in humans.
Journal ArticleDOI
Dietary antioxidant flavonoids and risk of coronary heart disease: the Zutphen Elderly Study.
TL;DR: Flavonoids in regularly consumed foods may reduce the risk of death from coronary heart disease in elderly men and showed an inverse relation with incidence of myocardial infarction.
Journal ArticleDOI
Polyphenols: Chemistry, Dietary Sources, Metabolism, and Nutritional Significance
TL;DR: An overview of the nutritional effects of the main groups of polyphenolic compounds, including their metabolism, effects on nutrient bioavailability, and antioxidant activity, is offered, as well as a brief description of the chemistry ofpolyphenols and their occurrence in plant foods.
Journal ArticleDOI
Dietary pattern analysis: a new direction in nutritional epidemiology.
TL;DR: The rationale for studying dietary patterns is described, quantitative methods for analysing dietary patterns and their reproducibility and validity are discussed, and the available evidence regarding the relationship between major Dietary patterns and the risk of cardiovascular disease is discussed.