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DESCRIPTION: Flavonoid phytonutrients (found concentrated in citrus, berries, red onions, beans, green tea, grapes, and cocoa) may boost metabolism enough to significantly slim one’s waistline. This completes the seven-part video series on the fascinating phenomenon of the Mystery of the Missing Calories. I started out reviewing the balance of evidence of why nuts don’t tend to contribute to weight gain in Nuts and Obesity: The Weight of Evidence ( introduced two theories on last Monday ( both of which were put to the test in a study on peanut butter ( Then came an elegant study using walnut smoothies ( followed by the big reveal in Testing the Fat Burning Theory ( But why might nuts help you burn more fat? Arginine is one possibility (see yesterday’s video-of-the-day at and today’s flavonoids are another. For more on flavonoid phytonutrients, see my video Phytochemicals: The Nutrition Facts Missing From the Label ( For a comparison between fruit juices, see Best Fruit Juice ( along with a video on putting that knowledge into practice, Pink Juice With Green Foam ( Which beverage has the most antioxidants though? See Better Than Green Tea ( What about juiced vegetables such as carrots and beets? See Benzene in Carrot Juice ( and an entire series starting with Doping With Beet Juice ( For more on the wonders of concord grapes (yum!), see Repairing DNA Damage ( and Plant-Based Diets and Cellular Stress Defenses (
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