Top Ten Antioxidant foods!!!

[mmuscle]

Hi everybody,

Getting the right diet together in order to live a longer and hopefully healthier life isn't the easiest thing. One basis for picking the right diet really has to be the number and types of antioxidants that are contained in your food. Below is a list of the top ten highest natural sources of antioxidants

1. TOMATOES
2. BERRIES
3. SPINACH
4. WHOLE GRAINS
5. GARLIC
6. BROCCOLI
7. TEA
8. SOY
9. CARROTS
10. RED GRAPES

For details of what antioxidants each of these foodstufs contain and how incorporating them into your diet could increase your life expectancy and health, check out the below link.

http://www.whyweage.com/toptenantioxidants.html

Catch you later

mmuscle

 

[KelJu]

Great info!

I am going to start putting tomato slices on my tuna sandwiches.

 

[obz]

Interesting that both tomatoes and carrots are more potent once cooked.
We are always told cooking food reduces the quality.

Neato.

 

[nero36]

How about these? Highest antioxidant capacity per serving

1 Small Red Bean 1/2 cup dried beans = 13727
2 Wild blueberry 1 cup = 13427
3 Red kidney bean 1/2 cup dried beans = 13259
4 Pinto bean 1/2 cup = 11864
5 Blueberry 1 cup cultivated berries = 9019
6 Cranberry 1 cup whole berries = 8983
7 Artichoke hearts 1 cup cooked = 7904
8 Blackberry 1 cup = 7701
9 Prune 1/2 cup = 7291
10 Raspberry 1 cup = 6058
11 Strawberry 1 cup = 5938
12 Red Delicious apple 1 = 5900
13 Granny Smith 1 = 5381
14 Pecan 1 ounce = 5095
15 Sweet cherry 1 cup = 4873
16 Black plum 1 = 4844
17 Russet potato 1 cooked = 4649
18 Black bean 1/2 cup dried beans = 4181
19 Plum 1 = 4118
20 Gala apple 1 = 3903