Antioxidants are fashionable today. Antioxidants neutralize free radicals, causing cellular damage that can ultimately lead to heart disease and cancer. It seems that wherever you go your blackberries and blueberries, you have a choice of wild blueberry juice, cranberry juice, pomegranate, blueberry, cranberry juice, etc., etc.
Now do not misunderstand. I love blueberries. But in our zeal to cover the latest fad of dietary antioxidants (blueberries, cranberries, pomegranates), we are ignoring some very high antioxidant foods, probably sat ignored in our closet.
"What?" He asked: "What could be higher in antioxidants than blueberries wild my beloved?" Well, what about the small red beans? Then I said: 'Bean'. Red bean is actually little more of antioxidants per serving than the wild blueberry. And the red beans and pinto beans more antioxidants per serving of a portion of cultivated blueberries.
What other foods rich in antioxidants? To begin, artichoke hearts, blackberries, plums, walnuts, spinach, cabbage, potatoes and prunes oxide. And no, this is not an error. Russet potatoes are on the list of foods that are rich in antioxidants.
The truth is that there are many foods that are rich in antioxidants and should not be limited to a source of food in particular. Why? Well, have you ever heard the phrase "eat the colors?" The fact that eating in a different color "families" that different types of antioxidants, which applies to contain several advantages. To help you, for example, the family of yellow-orange peaches and nectarines, our immune system. The family of purple and red foods (pomegranates, plums, blackberries) helps reduce inflammation. It is important to eat foods from all groups of color to capture the full benefits of antioxidants.
The good news is that you can eat healthy food, rich in antioxidants (which is eaten raw, boiled, or juice to pay themselves) without a high price for the flavor of the month "which promotes the antioxidant juice in the supermarkets.
To enter your company cranberries on the table. Invite some beans, spinach, potatoes and artichokes and enjoy your antioxidants!
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