Choosing Food High in Antioxidants is a "Wise Nut" Move!
Have you ever asked yourself, "Is my food high in antioxidants, or high in cholesterol?" That's a most important question. There is a lot of talk about these anti-aging nutrients, but where can I find them?
You'll be surprised at where you'll find the answer. It's right back to the age-old secret diet again - what I have been calling the anti-diabetes diet.
High-antioxidants foods
Phytochemicals (phyto = plant) are entirely plant-based, but antioxidants have other sources. Even your body synthesizes antioxidants, e.g. melatonin, a very active antioxidant. See the list of antioxidant sources below.
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How food high in antioxidants work for you
If your food does not have enough antioxidant chemicals, you risk genetic damages, which are the precursor to cancers.
Free radicals oxidize normal molecules in the body, but antioxidants help undo, and prevent, such damages to healthy cells.
Note that free radicals are not all bad. They kill germs, and neutralize toxins in the body. However, when allowed to act beyond those protective functions, free radicals are dangerous to our health.
Generous use of foods rich in antioxidant chemicals is our ultimate protection against the destructive effects of free radicals.
Common, but powerful, antioxidant foods
Here is a list of foods high in antioxidants. You know them, but are you having enough? How often do you eat them?
| Fruit | Vegetables |
| Cantaloupe | Soybeans |
| Strawberry | Garlic |
| Plum | Kale |
| Orange | Spinach |
| Red grapes | Brussel sprouts |
| Kiwi | Alfalfa sprouts |
| Pink grapefruit | Broccoli |
| White grapes | Beets |
| Bananas | Red bell pepper |
| Apple | Onion |
| Tomato | Corn |
| SOURCE: Health Power - Health by Choice, Not by Chance, Diehl & Ludington | |
This list shows some of the highest sources of phytochemicals and antioxidants. Look over that list again, and you begin to embrace the age-old philosophy, "My food is my medicine, my medicine is my food."
Are you surprised that the answer to most of the cancers, diabetes, hypertension, and so on, has always been in the original diet and lifestyle designed by our Creator?
"Eighty percent of Americans
do not eat fruits or vegetables
that are rich in antioxidants."
- Health Power, Diehl & Ludington
Learn about the anti-diabetes diet and use only food high in antioxidants and disease-fighting nutrients. Then, may you add years to your life and life to your years.