VITAMIN P
WHILE ‘Vitamin P’ is not actually a vitamin at all, it is however the term given to a group of super-healing plant substances from the 1930s to the 1950s. Today these substances are better known as flavonoids (or sometimes bioflavonoids) and they can be found in thousands of plant species.
Flavonoids are super-concentrated packets of nutrition for the human body and are essential for the functioning of virtually every cell and organ. Some common flavonoids you may have heard about include myricetin, apigenin, hesperidin, quercetin, rutin, luteolin, and catechin.
Each type of flavonoid plays a different role in your body. In general, however, flavonoids are crucial for two specific reasons. First of all, they all are essential to the absorption of Vitamin C − the key nutrient responsible for tissue growth and repair. They are also essential for the maintenance of bones and teeth and for the production of the protein collagen used to create blood vessels and muscular tissues. Without the help of flavonoids, none of this would happen!
Second of all, flavonoids are powerful antioxidants. Besides Vitamin C absorption, which also helps the immune system, preventing and reversing oxidative stress is the key element in how flavonoids help prevent and heal cancer.
Foods rich in Vitamin P
Apricots
Blackcurrants
Broccoli
Buckwheat
Carrots
Cherries
Ginkgo
Grapefruit
Grapes
Green peppers
Green tea
Hawthorn
Lemons
Mangoes
Milk thistle
Onions
Oranges
Other citrus fruits
Plums
Rosehip
Tomatoes
Yarrow
