Fruits and vegetables
Everyone knows that fruits and vegetables are good for you - that much hasn’t changed. But with the advance of medicine and nutrition and the marriage of the two, interdisciplinary studies are returning scientific scrutiny back to our foods, in the hopes of learning more about foods, the ultimate goal being the development of life-saving and life-enhancing medical treatments.
A study published in Nutrition Research examined the differences in bioavailability of various caretenoids from different fruits and vegetables. Using a variety of methods, researchers found that the fruit caretenoids lutein, zeaxanthin and b-cryptoxanthin had absorption ranges of 50-100%, while lutein from broccoli and spinach was less bioaccessable, with a range of 19%-38%.
It was also found that lower caretenoid absorption was correlated with high caretenoid concentrations. In other words, the more highly a food was concentrated, the lower the overall caretenoid absorption from that food.
This is an important study for bodybuilders, because it shows that the same vital nutrients are more efficiently delivered from some foods than others. Bodybuilders should continue to pay attention to these kinds of studies to ensure that the foods they eat are the most nutritive and most efficient at giving them the nutrients they need to prevent deficiency and build muscle.
(No Ratings Yet)
Loading ...