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ArticleNature food2025

High diversity of dietary flavonoid intake is associated with a lower risk of all-cause mortality and major chronic diseases.

Benjamin H Parmenter, Alysha S Thompson, Nicola P Bondonno, Amy Jennings, Kevin Murray, Aurora Perez-Cornago, Jonathan M Hodgson, Anna Tresserra-Rimbau, Tilman Kühn, Aedín Cassidy

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Benjamin H ParmenterNutrition & Health Innovation Research Institute, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9166-618X
Alysha S ThompsonCo-Centre for Sustainable Food Systems & Institute for Global Food Security, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9863-4017
Nicola P BondonnoNutrition & Health Innovation Research Institute, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5905-444X
Amy JenningsCo-Centre for Sustainable Food Systems & Institute for Global Food Security, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5333-714X
Kevin MurraySchool of Population and Global Health, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8856-6046
Aurora Perez-CornagoCancer Epidemiology Unit, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5652-356X
Jonathan M HodgsonNutrition & Health Innovation Research Institute, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6184-7764
Anna Tresserra-RimbauCo-Centre for Sustainable Food Systems & Institute for Global Food Security, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7022-9041
Tilman KühnCo-Centre for Sustainable Food Systems & Institute for Global Food Security, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, UK. t.kuhn@qub.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7702-317X
Aedín CassidyCo-Centre for Sustainable Food Systems & Institute for Global Food Security, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, UK. a.cassidy@qub.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0048-5602

Funding

Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Higher habitual intakes of dietary flavonoids have been linked with a lower risk of all-cause mortality and major chronic disease. Yet, the contribution of diversity of flavonoid intake to health outcomes remains to be investigated. Here, using a cohort of 124,805 UK Biobank participants, we show that participants who consumed the widest diversity of dietary flavonoids, flavonoid-rich foods and/or specific flavonoid subclasses had a 6-20% significantly lower risk of all-cause mortality and incidence of cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, cancer, respiratory disease and neurodegenerative disease. Furthermore, we report that both quantity and diversity of flavonoids are independent predictors of mortality and several chronic diseases, suggesting that consuming a higher quantity and wider diversity is better for longer-term health than either component alone. These findings suggest that consuming several different daily servings of flavonoid-rich foods or beverages, such as tea, berries, apples, oranges or grapes, may lower risk of all-cause mortality and chronic disease.

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DietFlavonoidsAgedCardiovascular DiseasesChronic DiseaseCohort StudiesDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2FemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedMortalityNeoplasmsNeurodegenerative DiseasesRisk FactorsUnited KingdomFlavonoids

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PMCPMC12283405

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