Re: [nafex] Pawpaws

Wow! Very interesting list! I am liking my northern pecans!

-Pete


Pete Chrisbacher
Kennett Square, PA

On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 8:34 PM, Elizabeth Hilborn <ehilborn@mebtel.net>
wrote:

> Very interesting.
>
> This report has a larger list of foods high in Proanthocyanidins in Table
> 1. http://jn.nutrition.org/content/134/3/613.long#T1
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> On 11/4/2014 4:35 AM, Larry D. Cook via nafex wrote:
>
>> I didn't know this about Pawpaw
>> Larry D. Cook
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>> In captivity, the diet should include nutritious fruits with oil soluble
>> vitamins, like the North American paw paw, dried cranberries and
>> pomegranates where available. These fruits are invaluable as they contain
>> condensed tannins called proanthocyanidins that prevent E. coli bacteria
>> from attaching to cells in the digestive tract. Green Junglefowl are
>> particularly vulnerable to Marek's disease, mycoplasma, pseudomonas and a
>> host of other ailments that attack the digestive tract and
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