Phytonutrients have many properties and functions but, although there are many kinds of stresses its ability to protect ourselves from cancerous mutations. Phytonutrients have no nutritional value but act like true antioxidants.
In recent years, scientists have shown that many of the pigments that give color to fruits and vegetables contain many compounds that appear to combat degenerative diseases of the human body and in turn, provide beneficial effects on health and welfare.
Additionally, these investigations have found that these compounds are neither vitamins nor minerals and phytonutrients have been called. Also known as phytochemicals, phytonutrients are chemicals found in plants, responsible for giving them color, flavor, protect them from ultraviolet rays, helping to combat bacterial infections, viral and fungal, and enable them to overcome the vagaries and pressures of their environment ( insects, predators, drought, etc.).
Among the phytonutrients found the following compounds or chemicals: flavonoids, carotenoids, lutein, terpenes, anthocyanins, sulfurorafanos, among many others. Unlike vitamins and minerals, phytonutrients have no nutritional value. (more…)
