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Phytochemicals are compounds found in plant foods (mainly fruits and vegetables) associated with reduced risk of certain diseases (such as some types of cancer ) and with the ability to slow aging.

are, in most cases, the substances responsible for color, aroma and flavor of these foods. Some identifying characteristics are:

• are found only in foods of plant origin.
• are present in very small quantities.
• not contribute calories.
• are not all nutrients (as it has not shown that its absence produces pathological symptoms).
  
• are a large group of compounds known to exist hundreds or even thousands of these elements, but so far only investigated the health properties of some of them.
• exert an important role in preventing and / or treatment of various diseases.
• In any case the consumption of fruits and vegetables can be replaced by pharmaceutical preparations of these compounds, since, on one hand these foods contain phytochemicals that have not yet been identified and investigated (and in any case be found in supplements ), and secondly, some of these elements require the presence of other food components to exert their action properly.
  

The study of phytochemicals is practically in its beginning. There are known compounds and many of its properties. However, each day, identifying new substances with healthy. While we await further evidence, the best advice is to consume daily fruits and vegetables of different colors.

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