{"id":252627,"date":"2024-06-16T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-16T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/types-and-best-food-sources\/"},"modified":"2024-06-16T13:03:41","modified_gmt":"2024-06-16T13:03:41","slug":"types-and-best-food-sources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/types-and-best-food-sources\/","title":{"rendered":"Types and Best Food Sources"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div class=\"drop-cap text-big text-gray\"> <span class=\"drop-cap__first text-dropcap \">C<\/span>onsidering that vegetables, fruits, legumes, and whole grains are packed with tons of key nutrients, it\u2019s no secret that adopting a plant-based diet has a plethora of health benefits, including boosting longevity and gut health. But what is exactly in plant-based foods that gives them their superpowers? Phytonutrients. Researchers and health experts have been obsessing over compounds called phytonutrients for years for their anti-inflammatory, anti-cancer, and heart-healthy benefits.<\/div>\n<p>To learn more about this powerful plant nutrient and the best ways to find it in the foods we eat, we caught up with Melanie Murphy Richter, RDN,\u00a0a registered dietitian and neuronutritionist.<\/p>\n<h2>What are phytonutrients?<\/h2>\n<p>Phytonutrients (aka phytochemicals or antioxidants) are compounds found on the surface of plants that act as a protective barrier&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wellandgood.com\/types-of-phytonutrients\/\"target=\"_blank\">Read the full article originally published at www.wellandgood.com.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Considering that vegetables, fruits, legumes, and whole grains are packed with tons of key nutrients, it\u2019s no secret that adopting a plant-based diet has a plethora of health benefits, including boosting longevity and gut health. But what is exactly in plant-based foods that gives them their superpowers? Phytonutrients. Researchers and health experts have been obsessing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":252628,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v20.0 (Yoast SEO v20.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Types and Best Food Sources - Republic of Green News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wellandgood.com\/types-of-phytonutrients\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Types and Best Food Sources\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Considering that vegetables, fruits, legumes, and whole grains are packed with tons of key nutrients, it\u2019s no secret that adopting a plant-based diet has a plethora of health benefits, including boosting longevity and gut health. 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