Posts Tagged ‘are-especially’

Antioxidant-rich Pecans Can Protect Against Unhealthy Oxidation

Friday, October 16th, 2009

Original post:

http://antioxidant-scleroderma.blogspot.com/2009/10/antioxidant-rich-pecans-can-protect.html

“Plant foods, including pecans, are rich sources of phytochemicals that can have a unique effect on the body,” says LLU researcher Ella Haddad, DrPH, associate professor, department of nutrition, School of Public Health. Pecans contain different forms of vitamin E — known as tocopherols — which protects fats from oxidation