Phytochemical
Phytochemical are various biological active compound naturally found in plant and common food also call phytonutrient, many of them have for example antioxidants and anti inflammatory property or considered to be beneficial to human health. Lycopene (tomato, watermelon, some red fruit, ecc.) Flavonoids(fruits, dark chocolate, ecc)Allicin(garlic) and more then thousand Phytochemical are part(or should be part) of our everyday food.
The main cause of Phytochemical loss is due to food processing or extracting techniques, most of them are subject to thermal decomposition, all way round for certain Carotenoids such as Lycopene present in tomatoes(not only) which may remain stable or increase in content from cooking due to liberation from cellular membranes in the cooked food.
Also very important understand and consider the synergy and interaction between Phytochemical, combine black peppercorn(Piperine) and turmeric boost up to 2000% blood levels of Curcumine (antioxidant,anti inflammatory).
Phytochemical are various biological active compound naturally found in plant and common food also call phytonutrient, many of them have for example antioxidants and anti inflammatory property or considered to be beneficial to human health. Lycopene (tomato, watermelon, some red fruit, ecc.) Flavonoids(fruits, dark chocolate, ecc)Allicin(garlic) and more then thousand Phytochemical are part(or should be part) of our everyday food. The main cause of Phytochemical loss is due to food processing or extracting techniques, most of them are subject to thermal decomposition, all way round for certain Carotenoids such as Lycopene present in tomatoes(not only) which may remain stable or increase in content from cooking due to liberation from cellular membranes in the cooked food. Also very important understand and consider the synergy and interaction between Phytochemical, combine black peppercorn(Piperine) and turmeric boost up to 2000% blood levels of Curcumine (antioxidant,anti inflammatory).