…the rest of the top 20 best antioxidant foods:

11. Strawberries
12. Red Delicious & Granny Smith apples
13. Pecans
14. Sweet cherries
15. Black plums
16. Russet potatoes
17. Black beans
18. Plums
19. Gala apples
20. Walnuts

The consumption of antioxidant-rich foods may lower the risk or even prevent certain diseases resulting from cellular damage, caused by oxidation.

The US FDA may have recently suggested that the average person should consume up to 7000 ORAC* units daily, in order to reduce the risk of cancer. As this is nearly 12 servings of high-ORAC*-value fruit, the use of nutritional supplements containing bioflavonoids is likely necessary to reach this target.

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More nutritional antioxidants

Flavonoid polyphenolics (also called bioflavonoids)

• Green tea - one of the best sources of flavonoid polyphenols and green tea polyphenols are one of the most potent antioxidants
• Other sources of bioflavonoids are the pomegranate, blueberries, and blackberries, other types of tea and some coffee types

Phenolic acids and their esters

• Ellagic acid - raspberry and strawberry
• Gallic acid - gallnuts, sumac, witch hazel, tea leaves, oak bark
• Salicylic acid – extracted from willow trees, as well found in most vegetables, fruits, and herbs

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Sources of antioxidants

The most important sources of organic antioxidants are the plants, but you can’t just start consuming those antioxidant-rich plans. We are all taking antioxidants in many different forms, such as:

Antioxidant food additives - are used in food industry to prevent food deterioration. Such antioxidants are ascorbic acid (vitamin C), citric acid, acetic acid (found in vinegar - used for pickling), and pectin.

Food antioxidant supplements – products rich in one particular antioxidant or a combination of antioxidants that are used by people to supplement their regular diets with antioxidants.

Green tea is such an antioxidant-rich herb, used for the production of many health products, such as weight loss supplements and antioxidant antiaging formulas.

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