FIVE-A-DAY HEALTH BENEFITS
FIVE-A-DAY HEALTH BENEFITS
PLANT SOURCE |
PHYTOCHEMICAL |
HEALTH BENEFIT |
| BROCCOLI AND KALE | SULFORAPHANE | ABNORMAL GROWTH DETERRENT |
| CABBAGE | ISOTHIOCYANATE | ABNORMAL GROWTH DETERRENT |
| GARLIC AND ONION | ALLICIN | BREAKS BLOOD CLOTS, REDUCES BLOOD PRESSURE, HELPS NORMALIZE CHOLESTEROL LEVELS |
| GREEN TEA LEAVES | EGCG | ANTIOXIDANT, ABNORMAL GROWTH DETERRENT (PARTICULARLY THROAT CANCERS) |
| TOMATO | LYCOPENES | ABNORMAL GROWTH DETERRENT |
| SOYBEAN | ISOFLAVANOIDS, PHYTOSTEROLS, SAPONINS, PHYTATES, PROTEASE INHIBITORS | ABNORMAL GROWTH DETERRENT (PARTICULARLY OF BREAST AND PROSTATE), HELPS LOWER CHOLESTEROL |
| CITRUS FRUIT | FLAVONOIDS (>60) | ANTIINFLAMMATORY, ANTITUMOR, ANTIOXIDANT |
| WHOLE GRAINS | PHYTASES, LIGNANS, SAPONINS, ELLAGIC ACID, PLANT STEROLS | REDUCE THE RISK OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE AND CANCER |
| FLAX SEED | LIGNANS, LINOLENIC ACID | ANTIINFLAMMATORY, ANTICARCINOGENIC |
