Dietary Antioxidant and Flavonoid Intakes Are Reduced in the Elderly

Table 2

Daily plant food and beverages intake in the study groups (g [mL] fresh edible mass/person/day) [10].

Plant foods and beverages	Men () – mean (95% CI)			Women () – mean (95% CI)
	20–40 years ()	41–60 years ()	61–74 years ()	20–40 years ()	41–60 years ()	61–74 years ()
Beverages	682 (645–719)	686 (647–725)	611 (551–671)	584 (551–617)	565 (543–587)	509 (453–565)
Tea infusion^1	388 (371–405)	398 (383–413)	426 (401–451)	330 (317–343)	337 (325–349)	377 (358–396)
Coffee infusion^2	154 (143–165)	162 (152–172)	116 (104–128)	192 (182–202)	194 (185–203)	105 (94–116)
Others^3	140 (73–183)	126 (70–178)	69 (29–137)	62 (28–118)	34 (15–78)	27 (15–64)
Vegetables	611 (577–645)	576 (547–605)	498 (471–525)	441 (411–471)	430 (401–459)	408 (385–431)
Potatoes	371 (353–389)	337 (322–352)	300 (280–320)	240 (227–253)	234 (223–245)	232 (217–247)
Others^4	240 (143–365)	239 (122–298)	198 (133–267)	201 (112–287)	196 (108–311)	176 (95–281)
Fruits and jams	172 (146–198)	174 (151–197)	190 (161–219)	203 (181–225)	225 (201–249)	190 (165–215)
Apples	105 (96–114)	112 (103–121)	119 (104–134)	120 (112–128)	128 (120–136)	111 (100–122)
Others^5	67 (34–123)	62 (43–145)	71 (39–155)	83 (51–178)	97 (62–191)	79 (44–177)
Cereal products	264 (221–307)	217 (188–246)	187 (165–209)	144 (123–165)	143 (112–174)	136 (105–167)
White bread	165 (156–174)	142 (125–159)	112 (103–121)	66 (62–70)	72 (68–76)	64 (59–69)
Others^6	99 (44–161)	75 (39–149)	75 (47–138)	78 (51–131)	71 (42–155)	72 (47–143)
Chocolates^7	5 (2–8)	2 (1–3)	1 (0.5–1.5)	4 (2–6)	3 (2–4)	1 (0.5–1.5)
Nuts and seeds^8	2 (0–5)	1 (0–2.5)	1 (0–2.5)	2 (0–5)	1 (0–2.5)	1 (0–2.5)

CI: confidence interval; : number. ¹Tea infusion: black tea, green tea, red tea, rooibos tea, and white tea. ²Coffee infusion: soluble coffee, ground coffee. ³Others: beer, red and white wine, hot cocoa, drinking chocolate, and juices: apple, orange, blackcurrant, and lemon. ⁴Others: fennel, sorrel, parsley roots, chives, red and green pepper, leeks, celery roots, lettuce, radish, cauliflower, tomato paste, ketchup, green beans, beans, peas, button mushrooms, white cabbage, red cabbage, Chinese cabbage, tomatoes, cucumbers, carrot, onions, and beetroots. ⁵Others: oranges, grapefruits, mandarins, bananas, strawberries, plums, pears, grapes, sour cherries, sweet cherries, apricots, red currants, nectarines, peaches, kiwi fruits, watermelon, northern cranberries, bilberries, woodland strawberries, lingonberries, raspberries, and jams (orange, bilberry, plum, black currant, sour cherry, strawberry, apricot, peach, and pineapple). ⁶Others: white rolls, wheat flour, wholegrain bread, noodles, buckwheat groats, barley groats, extruded rye bread, extruded graham bread, oats, and rice. ⁷Chocolates: dark, semisweet, milk, and white. ⁸Nuts and seeds: walnuts, sunflower seeds, pistachios, hazelnuts, peanuts, and pumpkin seeds.