How To Get More Antioxidants Into Your Diet

  • March 18, 2009
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This isn’t a textbook, so here’s a short explanation: antioxidants make you healthier, so here’s how to arrange your diet accordingly.

You Will Need

  • Black or green tea
  • Coffee
  • Vegetables
  • Fruits
  • Nuts
  • Dark chocolate
  • An appetite
How To Get More Antioxidants Into Your Diet: Drink tea

Step 1: Drink tea

Start your morning with a cup of tea. Black and green versions contain flavonoids — a type of antioxidant which has been shown to reduce the risk of heart disease.

How To Get More Antioxidants Into Your Diet: Drink coffee

Step 2: Drink coffee

If tea isn’t your cup of, well, tea, then have coffee instead. It’s America’s most common source of antioxidants.

How To Get More Antioxidants Into Your Diet: Snack on nuts, fruits and veggies

Step 3: Snack on nuts, fruits and veggies

Snack on nuts and increase your fruit and vegetable intake. There are several forms of antioxidants in these food groups.

Vitamins A, C and E aren’t just vitamins; they’re antioxidants as well.

How To Get More Antioxidants Into Your Diet: Eat specific foods for specific antioxidants

Step 4: Eat specific foods for specific antioxidants

Eat specific foods for specific antioxidants: carrots for beta-carotene, spinach for lutein, tomatoes for lycopene and berries for anthocyanidin.

How To Get More Antioxidants Into Your Diet: Try other foods for more types

Step 5: Try other foods for more types

Try other foods for their antioxidants: onions and apples for flavonols, grapes for proanthocyanidins, pears for phenols and broccoli for dithiolthiones and sulforphane.

These were just a few examples. Visit health and diet websites for complete listings of foods and antioxidants.

How To Get More Antioxidants Into Your Diet: Nibble on dark chocolate

Step 6: Nibble on dark chocolate

Lastly, nibble on some dark chocolate; it’s heavy on antioxidants, which should remove some of the typical guilt.

Some studies suggest that antioxidants reduce the speed of aging, fight several types of cancer, reduce arthritic inflammation, and improve brain function and vision.

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musik3r

aww.... i love to eat. :]

over 2 years ago by musik3r

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