WHAT ABOUT BIOFLAVINOIDS?

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Some bioflavinoids, also present in fruits and vegetables, are antioxidents that will inhibit enzymes that produce the dangerous forms of estrogen that we have discussed. Their presence in the diet results in more safe C-2 estrogen and less of the dangerous C-16 estrogen. (Yatsukawa 1988) (One or two grams of bioflavinoids will be present even in a few servings of fruits and/or vegetables.) It should be mentioned also that bioflavinoids also are anticholesteremic agents which will lower the circulatory disease risk of atherosclerotic plaque formation with its possible consequences of heart attack, stroke and hypertension. (Zemtsova and Bandyyukova 1982, Matsubara et al, 1987) Naringen and quercetin are bioflavinoids that have membrane-stabilizing properties that appear to make cells more resistant to invasion by viruses and environmental pollutants. (Robinson et al, 1981, Beladi et al 1982, and Middleton 1984) Veckenstedt has suggested treating viruses in the herpes and mengo groups with quercetin, because this bioflavinoid will activate macrophages directly, rather that relying upon a mechanism mediated by lymphocytes.(Veckenstedt 1986) In this context it should also be mentioned that bioflavinoids appear to have applications as antihemorrhagic agents (Ishida et al, 1988), antiinflammatory agents (Gabor, 1979), antifungal activity (O'Neill 1982), antiallergenic properties (Kunau, 1976), and agents that improve blood flow and cellular metabolism (find ref 65)