Quercetin - FRS Healthy Energy
Quercetin is an extremely beneficial phytochemical found in the coloring of various fruits and vegetables (such as apples, red onions, cherries, etc). In the body, it functions as a powerful antioxidant, natural histamine inhibiter (it reduces both the manufacture and release of histamine), and anti-inflammatory agent. There are also independent research studies which suggest quercetin may help to prevent certain kinds of cancer.
Its most popular use is, of course, as a healthy energy booster but it also has the ability to:
- Reduce susceptibility to viral infection
- Improve athletic performance
- Increase the energy available for physical exertion
- Enhance metabolism
- Increase focus
- and much more.
Quercetin-rich Foods
Quercetin is naturally-occuring and readily available from the following food items (concentrations where available):Capers (1800mg/kg), lovage (1700mg/kg), apples (440mg/kg), tea (Camellia sinensis), red onions, red grapes, citrus fruits, broccoli and other leafy green vegetables, cherries, andvarious berries including raspberry, bog whortleberry (158 mg/kg, fresh weight), lingonberry (cultivated 74mg/kg, wild 146 mg/kg), cranberry (cultivated 83 mg/kg, wild 121 mg/kg), chokeberry (89 mg/kg), sweet rowan (85 mg/kg), rowanberry (63 mg/kg), sea buckthorn berry (62 mg/kg), crowberry (cultivated 53mg/kg, wild 56 mg/kg), and the fruit of the prickly pear cactus.
