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Whole Food Nutrition
Health
Benefits of Almonds
Almonds are a wonderful Whole
Food and science has recently
discovered the benefits of
eating them in their whole form.
Recent research reveals that the
flavonoids in almond skin works
synergistically the vitamin E
found in almonds. This
synergistic combination creates
more than 200% the antioxidant
power of the almonds and almond
skins when separated.
"We have identified a unique
combination of flavonoids in
almonds," said Jeffrey Blumberg,
Ph.D., senior scientist and
director of the Antioxidants
Research Laboratory at Tufts
University. "Further blood tests
demonstrated that eating almonds
with their skins significantly
increases both flavonoids and
vitamin E in the body. This
could have significant health
implications, especially as
people age."

Blumberg's team tested the
effects of almond skin's
flavonoids alone and then in
combination with the vitamin E
found in almonds. The tests were
done on blood samples containing
LDL cholesterol. While almond
skin flavonoids alone enhanced
LDL's resistance to oxidation by
18%, when the almond’s vitamin E
was added, LDL's resistance to
oxidation was extended by 52.5%!
"The synergy between the
flavonoids and vitamin E in
almonds demonstrates how the
nutrients in whole foods such as
almonds can impact health," says
Dr. Blumberg.
You can find almonds in many of
your favorite Wholefood Farmacy
foods such as Phi Plus,
Cranberry Phi, Coco Cherry Phi
as well as all seven Wholefood
Farmacy Farinas!
As always, we are at your service,,

The Wholefood Farmacy Team

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