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The Role of Phytonutrients

How do Phytonutrients Protect Against Disease?

Phytonutrients may:

  • serve as antioxidants
  • enhance immune response
  • enhance cell-to-cell communication
  • alter estrogen metabolism
  • convert to vitamin A (beta-carotene is metabolized to vitamin A)
  • cause cancer cells to die (apoptosis)
  • repair DNA damage caused by smoking and other toxic exposures
  • detoxify carcinogens through the activation of the cytocrome P450 and Phase II enzyme systems

 

 
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