Home › Clinical Trials › Polyphenol intake and main food sources in Mexican population

Polyphenol intake and main food sources in Mexican population

By on

A select group of people from Mexico were surveyed to determine the major source of polyphenols from their diet.

As we have discussed before polyphneols have been shown to have a variety of health benefits that include reducing inflammation, improving cholesterol levels, improving liver health and more.

Results of a recent food survey published in the British Journal of Nutrition describe the dietary polyphenol intake and their major food sources.

The population analyzed was from the Mexican Teacher Cohort (MTC) study that included 115,315 females teachers across twelve states in Mexico.

Here are the results of what they found

 

The main food sources of total polyphenols were

– Coffee (47.4 %)

– Fruit, especially apples (7.2 %)

– orange and mandarins (5.1 %)

– orange juice (4.8 %)

Here are clinical trials that have evaluated polyphenols in clinical trials.

If you want to see how plant extracts can reduce inflammation check out the studies here. 

The most consumed individual polyphenols were the

– 5-caffeoylquinic acid (19.4 %)

– 4-caffeoylquinic acid (12.1 %)

– 3-caffeoylquinic acid (11.4 %)

– Ferulic acid (8.5 %)

– Proanthocyanidin polymers (5.3 %)

– Hesperidin (5.0 %)

 

Here are the comments by the authors:

The daily intake of flavonoids in Mexico was between 188 milligrams per day (Yucatan) and 270 milligrams per day (Jalisco).

and

Mexican women living in urban areas had a higher intake of total and all classes of polyphenols compared with those living in rural areas.

Reference

Zamora-ros et al.   Dietary polyphenol intake and their major food sources in the Mexican Teachers’ Cohort.  British Journal of Nutrition, Volume 120, Issue 3, pages 353-360

Jeremy Johnson, PharmD, PhD
Latest posts by Jeremy Johnson, PharmD, PhD (see all)
‹
›

Categories: Clinical Trials, Food