Pollutants are ubiquitous nowadays regarding the increase of industrialization worldwide. In fact, the economic indicators have been considered as the principal criteria for measuring local progress, despite the environmental and health problems outcoming from industrialization. Elderly and infants are undoubtedly the most suitable age groups to pollution threats. As shown by Cunha and colleagues , elderly people often suffer from malnutrition condition and decrease of polyphenols intake due to anorexia and dysphagia predominance can increase the susceptibility to other pathogenic agents . Still, the increase in chronical diseases, such as metabolic and neurodevelopmental disorders, cardiovascular disease and some cancer types affect also young and middle age people. Evidences from manifold studies suggest that most of these chronical diseases can be counteracted by polyphenols intake.
Author(s): Fernanda M. Ferreira