Antioxidants and Energy

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Nutrient Content:

Vitamins:
C,B1,B2,B3,B6,B12
Minerals:
Calcium, Iron, Potassium
Magnesium, Zinc, Phosphorus

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Antioxidants and Health

Antioxidant Activity per Nativa Tea Bag: (Trolox Equivalent/100 gr)(1)(3)	Caffeine Content of Selected Foods (1)(2)(3):

Nativa Yerba Mate will be supplement this table as 2004 results become available. Levels may vary since Nativa is a 100% natural herb.* Levels only apply to the Nativa brand of yerba mate.

Excerpted from Medallion Laboratories Analytical progress, Summer 2001, Volume 19, Number 2:
"What are antioxidants? Antioxidant compounds in food play an important role as a health-protecting factor. Scientific evidence suggests that antioxidants reduce risk for chronic diseases including cancer and heart disease. Primary sources of naturally occurring antioxidants are whole grains, fruits and vegetables. Plant sourced food antioxidants like vitamin C, vitamin E, carotenes, pholenic acids, phytate and phytoestrogens have been recognized as having the potential to reduce disease risk. Most of the antioxidant compounds in a typical diet are derived from plant sources and belong to various classes of compounds with a wide variety of physical and chemical properties.

The main characteristic of an antioxidant is its ability to trap free radicals. Highly reactive free radicals and oxygen species are present in biological systems from a wide variety of sources. These free radicals may oxidize nucleic acids, proteins, lipids, or DHA and can initiate degenerative disease. Antioxidant compounds like phenolic acids, polyphenols and flavonoids scavenge free radicals such as peroxide, hydroperoxide or lipid peroxyl and thus inhibit the oxidative mechanisms that lead to degenerative diseases.

There are a number of clinical studies suggesting that the antioxidants in fruits, vegetables, tea and red wine are the main factors for the observed efficacy of these foods in reducing the incidence of chronic diseases including heart disease and some cancers. The free radical scavenging activity of antioxidants in foods have been substantially investigated and reported in the literature."

(1) Aruna Prakash, PhD, "Medallion Laboratories Analytical Progress Antioxidant Activity", Takes you into the Heart of a Giant Resource, Volume 19, Number 2, pp 1-4
(2) "Caffeine and theobromine contents of selected foods", Family Economics and Nutrition Review, p 48 http://www.barc.usda.gov/bhnrc/foodsurvey/pdf/fenrv13n2p47.pdf
(3) Medallion Laboratories Analysis Report of Nativa Yerba Mate (2g) in 8 oz 150 - degree water.