More Flavonoids Means Less Dementia | Dr. Neal Barnard

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🗓️ 17 October 2024

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Studies show that flavonoids are packed with compounds that lower the risk of dementia as we age.

Dr. Neal Barnard goes inside the groundbreaking study on this potent and indispensable brain-protecting nutrient.

Flavonoids are also proven to reduce the risk of many other diseases. Dr. Barnard delivers those benefits as well when he joins "The Weight Loss Champion" Chuck Carroll on The Exam Room Live.

Topics Discussed

- What are flavonoids?

- What foods have flavonoids?

- Why are they so powerful for the brain?

- How much can flavonoids lower dementia risk?

- Can flavonoids reduce the risk of heart disease?

- Are flavonoids in dark chocolate healthy?

- Can flavonoids in green tea reduce cancer risk?

- Do flavonoids reduce inflammation?

- Will flavonoids help with diabetes?

- And more!

Dr. Barnard is a multiple-time best-selling author whose latest work is The Power Foods Diet.

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0:00.0	Today on the exam room. The thing that really has caught scientists notice is that they are
0:08.6	antioxidant. And what that means is that if a free radical forms in your body, free radicals are sort of like factory exhaust that come as the cells do their various metabolic functions in your body.
0:22.8	So the free radicals are circulating in your bloodstream,
0:25.7	and they are taking chunks out of you,
0:28.6	out of your skin, leading to wrinkles,
0:30.2	out of your brain, leading to dementia,
0:32.1	out of your blood vessels causing vascular
0:34.3	problems and if you can neutralize them that's good and the phlegonoids have
0:38.2	antioxidant properties that allow them to knock out the free radicals. They seem to have
0:42.2	other roles too. They may actually
0:44.5	affect brain function directly and helping the body to create new links between neurons
0:50.8	and that's gotten scientists attention. So they've been studied for many many
0:53.9	many things they are healthy and they are ubiquitous in plants.
1:08.6	Welcome to the exam room podcast brought to you by the Physicians Committee. Hi, I'm the Weight Loss Champion Chuck Carroll, raising health IQs, coast to coast, and around the world.
1:15.3	High to the exam roomies listening in Austin, Texas, Juliet, Illinois, and Southampton, England.
1:22.8	Wherever you are, we appreciate you helping to make the world a healthier place.
1:27.4	This is episode 83 of season 7, number 582 overall. Here's a question for you. What nutrient can
1:37.2	topple your risk of dementia by almost 30%? Well it's a little something called a flavonoid, and brand new research is showing
1:47.6	that it packs a mighty wallop in the fight against dementia. In fact, researchers say that loading up your diet
1:55.2	with these things can reduce your risk of dementia
1:57.4	by 28%.
2:00.2	And it is so easy to do.
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