10.11.22
Following an expert panel review, the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics has issued a first-of-its-kind dietary recommendation for daily intake of 400-600 mg of flavan-3-ols to support cardiometabolic health.
“Increasing consumption of dietary flavan-3-ols may help improve blood pressure, cholesterol levels, and blood sugar,” manuscript authors wrote. “A continuously growing body of research demonstrates higher consumption may reduce the risk of certain cardiometabolic disease and related mortality.”
Typically, dietary recommendations focus on deficiencies of essential nutrients, like vitamin C, as opposed to improvement of health outcomes from plant bioactives.
AND suggested the general adult population—including healthy individuals as well as those with overweight or obesity and those who are at risk of chronic disease—increase consumption of nutrient-dense foods rich in flavan-3-ols and low (or absent) in added sugars, such as tea, apples, berries, and cocoa.
Flavan-3-ol
“Increasing consumption of dietary flavan-3-ols may help improve blood pressure, cholesterol levels, and blood sugar,” manuscript authors wrote. “A continuously growing body of research demonstrates higher consumption may reduce the risk of certain cardiometabolic disease and related mortality.”
Typically, dietary recommendations focus on deficiencies of essential nutrients, like vitamin C, as opposed to improvement of health outcomes from plant bioactives.
AND suggested the general adult population—including healthy individuals as well as those with overweight or obesity and those who are at risk of chronic disease—increase consumption of nutrient-dense foods rich in flavan-3-ols and low (or absent) in added sugars, such as tea, apples, berries, and cocoa.
Flavan-3-ol
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