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- Antioxidants are naturally occurring nutrients that help prevent heart disease, cancer, and the effects of aging.
- Antioxidants strengthen your immune system
- But little is actually known about how antioxidants work or what makes them function best. Scientists believe that some antioxidants are more potent than others, and their potency can be affected by cooking or digestion. For example, the antioxidants in blueberries lose their potency when cooked, while the antioxidants in tomatoes become more potent when cooked.
Antioxidants are naturally occurring nutrients that help prevent heart disease, cancer, and the effects of aging.
Antioxidants strengthen your immune system
But little is actually known about how antioxidants work or what makes them function best. Scientists believe that some antioxidants are more potent than others, and their potency can be affected by cooking or digestion. For example, the antioxidants in blueberries lose their potency when cooked, while the antioxidants in tomatoes become more potent when cooked.
In any case, we do know that antioxidants fight disease and to help you add as many as you can to your diet – here are the top 20 foods with the max antioxidant content:
- Pomegranates
- Small red beans (dried)
- Wild blueberries
- Red kidney beans
- Pinto beans
- Blueberries (cultivated)
- Cranberries
- Artichokes (cooked)
- Blackberries
- Prunes
- Raspberries
- Strawberries
- Red Delicious apples
- Granny Smith apples
- Pecans
- Sweet cherries
- Black plums
- Gala apples
- Black beans (dried)
- Plums
So use this list to find antioxidant-rich foods, but for the best nutritional results, go for a wide variety.
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Stay healthy!
Vidya Sury
