Antioxidant-rich foods
include kidney beans, wild blueberries, cruciferous vegetables
(Broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage), garlic, onions, pinto beans,
bilberry, cranberries, artichoke, apples, dried prunes, black beans, ginkgo biloba.
Antioxidants-Rich Foods
Antioxidant rich foods include the following:
bilberry, cranberries, artichoke, apples, dried prunes, black beans, ginkgo biloba.
Antioxidants-Rich Foods
Antioxidant rich foods include the following:
- Fruits: Berries (Cherry, blackberry, strawberry, raspberry, cranberry, blueberry, bilberry (wild blueberry), black currant, pomegranate, grape, orange, plum, pineapple, kiwi fruit, grapefruit.
- Vegetables: Cruciferous vegetables, kale, chili pepper, red cabbage, peppers, parsley, artichoke, Brussels sprouts, spinach, lemon, ginger, red beets, onion.
- Dry Fruits: Apricots, prunes, dates.
- Legumes: Kidney beans, pinto beans, black beans.
- Nuts and seeds: Pecans, walnuts, hazelnuts, ground nut or peanuts, sunflower seeds.
- Cold-water fish: Wild salmon, sardines (Omega-3 EFAs)
- Plant oils: Extra virgin olive oil
- Spices: cloves, cinnamon, oregano
- Herbs: gingko biloba, garlic
- Cereals: Barley, millet, oats (but, most diabetics should avoid cereals)
Note: Most of these anti-oxidant-rich foods are also anti-inflammatory-rich foods that help to prevent cellular inflammation.
List of Antioxidants and Antioxidant-rich Foods
The following is a list of antioxidants, their food sources, and how these antioxidants can benefit your health.
Acai Berries: Best Food Sources -- The acai berry. Most often used for: general health needs.
Alpha Lipoic Acid: Best Food Sources -- Organic meat. Most often used for: Diabetes and glaucoma.
Astaxanthin: Gives salmon the pink color. 500 times stronger than Vitamin C.
Beta-carotene: Best Food Sources -- Dark Green and orange-yellow vegetables such as carrots and tomatoes. Most often used for: Night blindness, macular degeneration, immune system booster, photosensitivity, alcohol withdrawal support, gastritis, and HIV support.
Note: Beta-carotene natural form is comprised of two molecules. The synthetic form only has one molecule. Therefore, natural food sources are best. Some beta-carotenes include cryptoxanthin, alpha-carotene, zeaxanthin, lutein, and lycopene.
Bilberry: Best Food Sources -- The bilberry fruits and leaves taken fresh, dried, and as tinctures, decoctions or infusions. Most often used for: Eye health, maintaining flexibility of red blood cell walls thereby extending the life of the cell, keeps blood vessel walls strong and flexible, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, anti-aging, anti-carcinogenic, anti-diarrhea and also to decrease blood sugar.
Blueberries: Best Food Sources -- The blueberry. Most often used for: general health needs.
CoQ10 (Ubiquinone): Best Food Sources -- Fish (esp. mackerel, salmon and sardines) beef, peanuts and spinach. Most often used for: Cardiac insufficiency (it strengthens the heart muscle itself), high blood pressure, tissue oxygenation, increases energy production within the cell, counteracts histamines so is good for allergies, asthma and in respiratory disease, also used as an anti-aging nutrient.
Note; Practitioners have also used CoQ10 for schizophrenia, Alzheimer's, obesity, candidiasis, multiple sclerosis, stomach ulcers, angina, infertility, periodontal disease, reducing the side effects of chemotherapy and in diabetes. The supplement is very expensive and should be taken with a bit of oily food.
Cucurmin: Best Food Sources -- Turmeric. Most often used for: Dense connective tissue cancers, helps liver to secrete bile, eases stomach pain and nausea, good for car sickness, liver disease, menstrual cramps, athlete's foot and as an anti-inflammatory for arthritis, asthma and eczema. See more info under Turmeric (below).
Note: This herb thins the blood, so do not take it if you are on Coumadin.
Cysteine: Best Food Sources -- Eggs, meat, dairy and some cereals. Most often used for: Radiation damage, liver damage due to drugs, alcohol or smoking, hardening of the arteries, promotes healing after surgery or with burns, helps iron to be absorbed into the system and helps in lung diseases such as bronchitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and emphysema.
Note: Diabetics beware of taking this as a supplement, as it may inactivate insulin, making insulin unavailable.
Ginkgo Biloba: Best Food Sources: The Ginkgo leaves and seeds in capsule, tincture or infusion form. Most often used for: Increasing memory and circulation to the head, asthma, wheezing, urinary incontinence, vaginal discharges, thinning mucous and for excessive urination.
Note: This herb thins the blood, so do not take it if you are on Coumadin.
Glutathione: Best Food Sources -- There are none. This is a protein produced by the liver and can be purchased in supplement form. Look for L-Glutathione. Most often used for: Defending the body against cigarette smoke, alcohol, chemotherapy and radiation damage, helps detoxify heavy metals, is used in anti-aging, and is good for blood and liver disorders.
Green Tea: Best Food Sources -- The green tea leaves themselves. Most often used for: Fluoride supplement, stomach and skin cancers, insect bites, immune system booster, hepatitis, high triglycerides, and Crohn's disease.
Mangosteen: Best Food Sources--The mangosteen fruit, organic mangosteen juice
Melatonin: Best Food Sources -- There are none. Melatonin is a substance produced by the pineal gland. It can be obtained through glandular form or pill form. The best dose seems to be 1-2 mcg. Larger doses do not work well. Those people over the age of 40 produce less melatonin so they sleep less. To nourish the pineal gland, the Nikken Sleep Mask and Source Natural's sublingual melatonin may help. Most often used for: Insomnia, jet lag, glaucoma, tinnitus, and as an immune regulator for reproductive forms of cancer (prostate, uterine and breast).
Oligomeric Proanthocyanidins (Pychnogenol): Fifty times more potent than Vitamin E and twenty times more potent than Vitamin C. Best Food Sources- - Pine bark and Grape Seeds. Most often used for: Reducing histamine production for allergies and inflammation, and for heart disease.
Olive Leaf: Best Food Sources -- Olive leaf capsules, tinctures and infusions. Most often used for: Lowering blood pressure by helping circulation, mild diuretic, bladder infections, diabetes (lowers blood sugar) and mild external abrasions.
Omega-3 EFAs: Have many health benefits for arthritis, diabetes, heart disease, etc. Best Food Sources -- Wild salmon, nuts/seeds
Pycnogenol, Pine Bark: Most often used for: Prevention of free-radical damage due to electromagnetic fields (like microwaves), in the overproduction of too many red blood cells leading to hyperchromatosis and as an anti-inflammatory for allergic reactions.
Pycnogenol, Grape Seed type: Best Food Source- - Grape seeds. Most often used for: (See above), but not as effective as the pine bark derivation.
Selenium (Se): Best Food Sources -- Parsley, blackstrap molasses, mushrooms, nuts, salmon and other seafood, sesame seeds, vegetables, wheat germ, chicken, nettles, yarrow, raspberry leaf, garlic and whole grains. Most often used for: Immune system stimulation, asthma, thyroid disease, heart disease, high cholesterol, macular degeneration (Standard Process™ brand Chezyn® is an awesome product for this containing chelated zinc, copper and selenium in a natural food-based formula), abnormal pap smears, cancer and liver diseases.
Superoxide Dismutase (SOD): Best Food Sources -- Barley Greens, barley grass, broccoli, wheat grass, cabbage, Brussels sprouts and most green vegetables. Most often used for: anti-aging--SOD is a free-radical scavenger enzyme that revitalizes cells and in reducing the rate of cellular destruction.
Turmeric (Curcuma longata): Containing high amounts of curcumin and used for centuries as an anti-inflammatory and detoxifier/cleanser. The roots (rhizomes) are used in curry and all kinds of dishes. It's been studied for it's anti-cancer, tumor suppressing properties as well as its antioxidant ability. Because of its bitter qualities it is a good liver protectant. Over 5000 papers have been written on curcumin with studies of it being used as an anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory, antiviral, antibacterial, antifungal and anticancer properties associated with diseases such as diabetes, allergies, arthritis and Alzheimer's disease.
Note: If you are allergic to spices including turmeric or to yellow food colorings you should avoid turmeric. Turmeric is in the ginger family so if you have allergies to ginger you won't want to take this. With large doses or long term use turmeric may increase stomach acid levels and possibly lead to heartburn, ulcers, stomach irritation or gallstones. Mild side effects can include skin rash or dizziness. With large doses, turmeric may increase the risk of bleeding when used with anticoagulants (blood thinners) or anti-platelet drugs so be sure to mention any herbs you take to your doctor as he may require you to stop taking them prior to surgery.
Vitamin A: Best Food Sources -- Parsley, sweet potatoes, watermelon, nettle leaf, broccoli, carrots, dark leafy greens, eggs, and mangos. Whole food source: Standard Process Cataplex A®. Most often used for: Immune booster, eye problems of all kinds such as night blindness and dry eye, acne and many other types of skin disease, sinusitis and reproductive difficulties.
Vitamin C: Best Food Sources -- Broccoli, strawberries, citrus fruits, rose hips, fresh fruits and vegetables of all kinds, parsley, and nettles. Whole food source: Cataplex C®, but Ester C is also good or an acerola product. Most often used for: Respiratory infections, bleeding gums and other dental problems, bruising, eye diseases of all kinds, and for people who smoke as smoking really uses up a lot of Vitamin C.
Vitamin E: Best Food Sources -- Wheat germ (oil or fresh), eggs, nuts, leafy green vegetables, wild salmon, and berries. Most often used for: Heart diseases of all kinds, reproductive problems and diseases, allergies and other immune dysfunctions, arthritis, and for pregnancy (prevents pre-mature delivery).
Zinc: -- This may be the most common mineral deficiency as well as the most common antioxidant deficiency. Best Food Sources: Raw, hulled pumpkin seeds and other nuts, oatmeal, eggs, parsley, wheat germ and Standard Process™ brand Chezyn®. Most often used for: Prostate health and benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH), healthy immune function, impotence, menopause and perimenopausal health, hormone balancing, memory, skin disease, pancreas and thyroid health, macular degeneration and other eye disorders, and bowel dysfunction.
Note: For more information about antioxidants, food sources, and nutritional supplements, we recommend that you get the Nutritional Supplements and Super Foods ebook.
List of Antioxidants and Antioxidant-rich Foods
The following is a list of antioxidants, their food sources, and how these antioxidants can benefit your health.
Acai Berries: Best Food Sources -- The acai berry. Most often used for: general health needs.
Alpha Lipoic Acid: Best Food Sources -- Organic meat. Most often used for: Diabetes and glaucoma.
Astaxanthin: Gives salmon the pink color. 500 times stronger than Vitamin C.
Beta-carotene: Best Food Sources -- Dark Green and orange-yellow vegetables such as carrots and tomatoes. Most often used for: Night blindness, macular degeneration, immune system booster, photosensitivity, alcohol withdrawal support, gastritis, and HIV support.
Note: Beta-carotene natural form is comprised of two molecules. The synthetic form only has one molecule. Therefore, natural food sources are best. Some beta-carotenes include cryptoxanthin, alpha-carotene, zeaxanthin, lutein, and lycopene.
Bilberry: Best Food Sources -- The bilberry fruits and leaves taken fresh, dried, and as tinctures, decoctions or infusions. Most often used for: Eye health, maintaining flexibility of red blood cell walls thereby extending the life of the cell, keeps blood vessel walls strong and flexible, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, anti-aging, anti-carcinogenic, anti-diarrhea and also to decrease blood sugar.
Blueberries: Best Food Sources -- The blueberry. Most often used for: general health needs.
CoQ10 (Ubiquinone): Best Food Sources -- Fish (esp. mackerel, salmon and sardines) beef, peanuts and spinach. Most often used for: Cardiac insufficiency (it strengthens the heart muscle itself), high blood pressure, tissue oxygenation, increases energy production within the cell, counteracts histamines so is good for allergies, asthma and in respiratory disease, also used as an anti-aging nutrient.
Note; Practitioners have also used CoQ10 for schizophrenia, Alzheimer's, obesity, candidiasis, multiple sclerosis, stomach ulcers, angina, infertility, periodontal disease, reducing the side effects of chemotherapy and in diabetes. The supplement is very expensive and should be taken with a bit of oily food.
Cucurmin: Best Food Sources -- Turmeric. Most often used for: Dense connective tissue cancers, helps liver to secrete bile, eases stomach pain and nausea, good for car sickness, liver disease, menstrual cramps, athlete's foot and as an anti-inflammatory for arthritis, asthma and eczema. See more info under Turmeric (below).
Note: This herb thins the blood, so do not take it if you are on Coumadin.
Cysteine: Best Food Sources -- Eggs, meat, dairy and some cereals. Most often used for: Radiation damage, liver damage due to drugs, alcohol or smoking, hardening of the arteries, promotes healing after surgery or with burns, helps iron to be absorbed into the system and helps in lung diseases such as bronchitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and emphysema.
Note: Diabetics beware of taking this as a supplement, as it may inactivate insulin, making insulin unavailable.
Ginkgo Biloba: Best Food Sources: The Ginkgo leaves and seeds in capsule, tincture or infusion form. Most often used for: Increasing memory and circulation to the head, asthma, wheezing, urinary incontinence, vaginal discharges, thinning mucous and for excessive urination.
Note: This herb thins the blood, so do not take it if you are on Coumadin.
Glutathione: Best Food Sources -- There are none. This is a protein produced by the liver and can be purchased in supplement form. Look for L-Glutathione. Most often used for: Defending the body against cigarette smoke, alcohol, chemotherapy and radiation damage, helps detoxify heavy metals, is used in anti-aging, and is good for blood and liver disorders.
Green Tea: Best Food Sources -- The green tea leaves themselves. Most often used for: Fluoride supplement, stomach and skin cancers, insect bites, immune system booster, hepatitis, high triglycerides, and Crohn's disease.
Mangosteen: Best Food Sources--The mangosteen fruit, organic mangosteen juice
Melatonin: Best Food Sources -- There are none. Melatonin is a substance produced by the pineal gland. It can be obtained through glandular form or pill form. The best dose seems to be 1-2 mcg. Larger doses do not work well. Those people over the age of 40 produce less melatonin so they sleep less. To nourish the pineal gland, the Nikken Sleep Mask and Source Natural's sublingual melatonin may help. Most often used for: Insomnia, jet lag, glaucoma, tinnitus, and as an immune regulator for reproductive forms of cancer (prostate, uterine and breast).
Oligomeric Proanthocyanidins (Pychnogenol): Fifty times more potent than Vitamin E and twenty times more potent than Vitamin C. Best Food Sources- - Pine bark and Grape Seeds. Most often used for: Reducing histamine production for allergies and inflammation, and for heart disease.
Olive Leaf: Best Food Sources -- Olive leaf capsules, tinctures and infusions. Most often used for: Lowering blood pressure by helping circulation, mild diuretic, bladder infections, diabetes (lowers blood sugar) and mild external abrasions.
Omega-3 EFAs: Have many health benefits for arthritis, diabetes, heart disease, etc. Best Food Sources -- Wild salmon, nuts/seeds
Pycnogenol, Pine Bark: Most often used for: Prevention of free-radical damage due to electromagnetic fields (like microwaves), in the overproduction of too many red blood cells leading to hyperchromatosis and as an anti-inflammatory for allergic reactions.
Pycnogenol, Grape Seed type: Best Food Source- - Grape seeds. Most often used for: (See above), but not as effective as the pine bark derivation.
Selenium (Se): Best Food Sources -- Parsley, blackstrap molasses, mushrooms, nuts, salmon and other seafood, sesame seeds, vegetables, wheat germ, chicken, nettles, yarrow, raspberry leaf, garlic and whole grains. Most often used for: Immune system stimulation, asthma, thyroid disease, heart disease, high cholesterol, macular degeneration (Standard Process™ brand Chezyn® is an awesome product for this containing chelated zinc, copper and selenium in a natural food-based formula), abnormal pap smears, cancer and liver diseases.
Superoxide Dismutase (SOD): Best Food Sources -- Barley Greens, barley grass, broccoli, wheat grass, cabbage, Brussels sprouts and most green vegetables. Most often used for: anti-aging--SOD is a free-radical scavenger enzyme that revitalizes cells and in reducing the rate of cellular destruction.
Turmeric (Curcuma longata): Containing high amounts of curcumin and used for centuries as an anti-inflammatory and detoxifier/cleanser. The roots (rhizomes) are used in curry and all kinds of dishes. It's been studied for it's anti-cancer, tumor suppressing properties as well as its antioxidant ability. Because of its bitter qualities it is a good liver protectant. Over 5000 papers have been written on curcumin with studies of it being used as an anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory, antiviral, antibacterial, antifungal and anticancer properties associated with diseases such as diabetes, allergies, arthritis and Alzheimer's disease.
Note: If you are allergic to spices including turmeric or to yellow food colorings you should avoid turmeric. Turmeric is in the ginger family so if you have allergies to ginger you won't want to take this. With large doses or long term use turmeric may increase stomach acid levels and possibly lead to heartburn, ulcers, stomach irritation or gallstones. Mild side effects can include skin rash or dizziness. With large doses, turmeric may increase the risk of bleeding when used with anticoagulants (blood thinners) or anti-platelet drugs so be sure to mention any herbs you take to your doctor as he may require you to stop taking them prior to surgery.
Vitamin A: Best Food Sources -- Parsley, sweet potatoes, watermelon, nettle leaf, broccoli, carrots, dark leafy greens, eggs, and mangos. Whole food source: Standard Process Cataplex A®. Most often used for: Immune booster, eye problems of all kinds such as night blindness and dry eye, acne and many other types of skin disease, sinusitis and reproductive difficulties.
Vitamin C: Best Food Sources -- Broccoli, strawberries, citrus fruits, rose hips, fresh fruits and vegetables of all kinds, parsley, and nettles. Whole food source: Cataplex C®, but Ester C is also good or an acerola product. Most often used for: Respiratory infections, bleeding gums and other dental problems, bruising, eye diseases of all kinds, and for people who smoke as smoking really uses up a lot of Vitamin C.
Vitamin E: Best Food Sources -- Wheat germ (oil or fresh), eggs, nuts, leafy green vegetables, wild salmon, and berries. Most often used for: Heart diseases of all kinds, reproductive problems and diseases, allergies and other immune dysfunctions, arthritis, and for pregnancy (prevents pre-mature delivery).
Zinc: -- This may be the most common mineral deficiency as well as the most common antioxidant deficiency. Best Food Sources: Raw, hulled pumpkin seeds and other nuts, oatmeal, eggs, parsley, wheat germ and Standard Process™ brand Chezyn®. Most often used for: Prostate health and benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH), healthy immune function, impotence, menopause and perimenopausal health, hormone balancing, memory, skin disease, pancreas and thyroid health, macular degeneration and other eye disorders, and bowel dysfunction.
Note: For more information about antioxidants, food sources, and nutritional supplements, we recommend that you get the Nutritional Supplements and Super Foods ebook.
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