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Thanks for posting this. We get so focused on Vitamin C to prevent winter illnesses that we don't take into consideration that our bodies need a wide range of nutrients to be healthy all year 'round.

I did know that Apples, onions, garlic and broccoli were great foods for staving off illness. The old saying "an Apple a day keeps the Dr. away" is an apt reference for the many benefits of the apple and it's byproducts such as cider and vinegar. But so many people don't take into consideration that there is no one food that is perfect. A wide variety of foods is necessary for optimum health.

Quercetin is a flavonoid. It is found in citrus fruit, buckwheat and onions.

Quercetin is a natural occuring inhibitor. Foods rich in quercetin are capers, lovage, apples, camellia tea, onions (especially red), red grapes, citrus fruits, broccoli, other leafy geen vegetables, cherries, raspberries and cranberry. Organically grown tomatoes are found to have 79% moe quercetin in them also.

Quercetin is found to be the most active of the flavonoids (health benefit food). Quercetin has shown inflammatory activity because of direct inhibation of several processes of inflammation. A god example of this is it inhibits and releases histamine and other allergic inflammatory mediators. This excerts anitioxdant activity and vitamin C action.

Quercetin shows good anti-tumor properties also. When it is used in a combination, it shows a good reduction in cancer cells. Quercetin is used as a mast call inhibitor. It show positive effects on preventing cancers, heart disease, cataracts, allergies and respitory conditions (I have asthma and will be eating a lot of foods rich in this now). It has also ben claimed to have antidepressent properties, although it is skeptical as it alo a neurotoxin (they act on nerve cells).

Care should be taken when on antibiotics if eating quercetin. Certain types can interact with it. It can also increase effects of certain drugs.

Overall I believe quercetin is a very useful and helpful thing for our bodies. Thank you for demonstrating its actions and making people aware of it.

I never heard of Quercetin before, Pat. We eat lots of red onions and broccoli around here; and I drink tea all winter. Does herbal tea have quercetin in it, do you know? I'm not crazy about apples, but I could learn to eat more of them, and I suppose apple juice would be a good source of Q. Thanks for the information.

Soooooo it's true what they say about "an apple a day keeps the Doctor away"...well that, and onions and broccoli and other things too...LOL Good topic Pat! I did not know about Quercetin, thanks for bringing it to us!

Kash

Isn't it funny that all these new studies and discoveries point right back to what grandma used to say, eat good food! I think all these type of studies have some level of validity. Personally, I eat good food most of the time. Lots of vegetables and fruits for sure. I eat regular food for a snack, leftovers and such, rather than junk food.