Five Foods Packed With Antioxidants

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Five Foods Packed With Antioxidants

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• There is much talk today about Superfoods these
  are foods that are nutrient rich in compounds
  beneficial for a persons health and overall
  well-being. Many of them are called Antioxidant
  food because they have a high ORAC value or
  Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity. This is
  typically measured as the amount and number of
  compounds they contain in a 100 gram portion.
• Having a diet filled with antioxidant recipes may
  not in its self, cure any ailments, but it is
  believed to greatly assist the body in
  self-healing and recovering from illness and
  injurys
• These are the top five foods packed with
  antioxidants

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Sumac

• A traditional Middle Eastern Spice with a salty
  lemon flavor, sumac has the highest ORAC count of
  any know food. Being a spice, it is not usual to
  eat a large portion of it, but a teaspoon in a
  dish will provide many benefits. Sumac measures
  at 312,400 per 100 grams this is 60 times more
  than blueberries, which are recognised as being
  very high in antioxidants.
• This very tasty spice is often used to flavor
  many Mediterranean type dishes, especially
  chicken and lamb and sauces

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Ground Ceylon Cinnamon

• Ceylon cinnamon with an ORAC value of 131,420 per
  100 grams or 3,417 in just one teaspoon is one of
  the richest common foods with a high oxidant
  content. There are also many other health
  benefits including cinnamons ability to stabilize
  blood sugar levels, its anti-inflammatory
  properties and it has shown to be able to help
  support the immune system.
• Cinnamon is used in baking, confectionery,
  desserts, added to smoothies, as a breakfast
  topping in tea and coffee

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Cocoa

• Cocoa as been known in the western world for
  generations and considered a fattening food,
  largely because of the high amount of sugar added
  to commercial chocolate products. There are two
  great ways to take it, but ensure you use
  unsweetened organic cocoa in a cocoa drink or in
  unprocessed organic dark chocolate bars. Avoid if
  possible highly processed commercial chocolates
  as they contain little cocoa and what they have
  is largely destroyed by the processing processes.
  Always check the label and enjoy the one with the
  least amount of sugar or made with other natural
  sweeteners such as honey or maple syrup. Pure raw
  unsweetened cocoa has an ORAC Value of 56,653per
  100 grams

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Pecans

• Pecans have an ORAC content of 17.940 , they are
  the nut with the highest antioxidant content
  followed by walnuts 13,541 and hazelnuts with
  9,645

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Chia Seeds

• There are two types of Chia seeds White and
  black White Chia seeds have a count of 7,000 and
  the black seed a count of 9,800. They are also
  full of other health benefits such as all the 9
  essential amino acids and 3 times as many omega-3
  fats as salmon.
• They are commonly used in baking, especially to
  replace the protein when baking without wheat
  flour. They are also great in salads, in mueslis
  and smoothies.

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• While these are the antioxidant foods with the
  highest antioxidant contents, there are many
  antioxidant recipes that help to give people a
  level of antioxidant protection especially any
  fruit or vegetable with a dark flesh such as
  plums, berries, sweet potatoes and green leafy
  vegetables.

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