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An adult person is estimated to be made up of approx 37 trillion cellsthat without counting the cells of the millions of microorganisms that make up the microbiome. Caring for cells through a healthy dietthe rest (about 8 hours at night) ea active lifestyle could affect the balance of a tissue or the development of a pathology. In fact, second World Health Organization (WHO)70 percent of the premature deaths they are caused by non-communicable diseases, in which lifestyle plays an important role. Moreover, it warns him 1.7 million lives could be saved each year if fruit and vegetable consumption were increased enough, which would result in a lower incidence of cardiovascular and oncological diseases.
The normal metabolic processes of daily life such as breathing, nutrition, physical exercise or the same toxins present in the environment can be generated free radicals in the organism. These free radicals can attack healthy cells and it is believed that this harm contributes to inflammation and aging; as well as chronic diseases such as heart disease and cancer. To help protect healthy cells from free radical damage in the body, health professionals recommend antioxidants from food sources.
In this sense, various studies have shown this pistachio is one of the foods with the greatest antioxidant potential and that its consumption helps keep the body cells healthy. In fact, health experts recommend taking it 49 pistachios a day, away from meals. Now, a research by Cornell University (United States) has revealed it dried fruit stands out for its antiproliferative capacity on colon, liver and breast cancer cells.
The high antioxidant activity of pistachios is due to the fact that they contain a wide variety of important phytochemicals, including several members of the pistachio family. vitamin E carotenoids (beta-carotene, lutein and zeaxanthin), phenols and flavonoids. The combination or interaction of these beneficial antioxidants, bioactive compounds, along with other nutrients, is likely what contributes to the Numerous health benefits have been noted in pistachio studies in recent years.
The new study showed that pistachio phytochemical extracts showed a potent anti-proliferative activity against human breast, liver and colon cancer cellsin vitro; with exceptionally high activity against human breast cancer cells. Researchers have also determined what antioxidant capacity pistachio is higher than that of most foods commonly known for their antioxidant power such as blueberries, pomegranates, cherries, beets or red wine.
