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[Elizabeth Hilborn <ehilborn@mebtel.net>]

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


On 11/4/2014 4:35 AM, Larry D. Cook via nafex wrote:
> I didn't know this about Pawpaw
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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