Antioxidant Foods – How do you know which foods are the most beneficial?See below a list of the highest antioxidant foods:
Drink high in antioxidants: Nuts: The three top nuts are Pecans - Walnuts – Hazelnuts Spices The three top spices are Ground cloves - Cinnamon - Oregano
Sign up below and I will send you my free e-book "Natural Ways to Lower Your Cholesterol" An excellent way to get the antioxidant benefits from fruits and vegetables is to juice them. Because the pulp is taken out, you can better absorb the nutrients. Put the pulp in your garden. Juice is easy to digest. It contains concentrated nutrients that start to heal the body by nourishing the bloodstream. When a body is in a weakened state, even fruits and vegetables can be difficult to digest. But juiced foods require little or no digestion, so the healing nutrients of the raw fruits and vegetables are absorbed into the blood stream, bypassing the digestive tract.
Commercially produced juices are pasteurized, which means the vegetables or fruits have been heated about 120 degrees F. This destroys all enzymes. Most commercial juices contain food colorings, preservatives, synthetic vitamins, salt, and sugar in the form of corn syrup.
Do organic fruits and vegetables have more antioxidant power than non-organic? A recent research shows that they do. The result was that organic produce contain 20% more antioxidants in every portion than non-organic. Several other studies found various positive things about organic fruit. It was discovered that the organically produced apple is much sweeter and firmer than apples conventionally grown.
The four year research showed that organically produced milk has 60% more antioxidants that conventionally produced milk. The results were that the ingredient produced in the organic produce will certainly help in fighting many deadly diseases like cancer, tumors, and heart disease. Many other studies have also suggested that higher nutritional values like vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants are found in organic foods. I think that organic fruits, vegetables, and milk can truly be called antioxidant foods!
Fruits need to be eaten before a meal, not during or after. They digest so quickly that they will be out of the stomach in 30 minutes. Melons should always be eaten alone and not combined with other fruits or vegetables. They are sweet, tasty antioxidant foods.
The vegetables that contain all 8 amino acids are potatoes, sweet potatoes, carrots, corn, cabbage, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, okra, peas, summer squash and kale.
What powerful healing tools we hold in our hands! Fruits and vegetables! I need to remind myself of the benefits of
antioxidant foods
and try to eat more every day!
1. Cucumbers contain most of the vitamins you need every day, just one cucumber contains Vitamin B1, Vitamin B2, Vitamin B3, Vitamin B5, Vitamin B6, Folic Acid, Vitamin C, Calcium, Iron, Magnesium, Phosphorus, Potassium and Zinc.
2. Feeling tired in the afternoon, put down the caffeinated soda and pick up a cucumber. Cucumbers are a good source of B Vitamins and Carbohydrates that can provide that quick pick-me-up that can last for hours. 3. Tired of your bathroom mirror fogging up after a shower? Try rubbing a cucumber slice along the mirror, it will eliminate the fog and provide a soothing, spa-like fragrance. 4. Are grubs and slugs ruining your planting beds? Place a few slices in a small pie tin and your garden will be free of pests all season long. The chemicals in the cucumber react with the aluminum to give off a scent undetectable to humans but drive garden pests crazy and make them flee the area. 5. Looking for a fast and easy way to remove cellulite before going out or to the pool? Try rubbing a slice or two of cucumbers along your problem area for a few minutes, the phytochemicals in the cucumber cause the collagen in your skin to tighten, firming up the outer layer and reducing the visibility of cellulite. Works great on wrinkles too! 6. Want to avoid a hangover or terrible headache? Eat a few cucumber slices before going to bed and wake up refreshed and headache free. Cucumbers contain enough sugar, B vitamins and electrolytes to replenish essential nutrients the body lost, keeping everything in equilibrium, avoiding both a hangover and headache! 7. Looking to fight off that afternoon or evening snacking binge? Cucumbers have been used for centuries and often used by European trappers, traders and explores for quick meals to thwart off starvation. 8. Have an important meeting or job interview and you realize that you don't have enough time to polish your shoes? Rub a freshly cut cucumber over the shoe, its chemicals will provide a quick and durable shine that not only looks great but also repels water. 9. Out of WD 40 and need to fix a squeaky hinge? Take a cucumber sliced rub it along the problematic hinge, and voila, the squeak is gone! 10. Stressed out and don't have time for massage, facial or visit to the spa? Cut up an entire cucumber and place it in a boiling pot of water, the chemicals and nutrients from the cucumber with react with the boiling water and be released in the steam, creating a soothing, relaxing aroma that has been shown the reduce stress in new mothers and college students during final exams. 11. Just finish a business lunch and realize you don't have gum or mints? Take a slice of cucumber and press it to the roof of your mouth with your tongue for 30 seconds to eliminate bad breath, the phytochemcials will kill the bacteria in your mouth responsible for causing bad breath. 12. Looking for a 'green' way to clean your faucets, sinks or stainless steel? Take a slice of cucumber and rub it on the surface you want to clean, not only will it remove years of tarnish and bring back the shine, but is won't leave streaks and won't harm you fingers or fingernails while you clean. 13. Using a pen and made a mistake? Take the outside of the cucumber and slowly use it to erase the pen writing, also works great on crayons and markers that the kids have used to decorate the walls!!
There are numerous sources claiming pumpkin seeds and pumpkin seed oils benefit depression, cholesterol levels, prevent the formation of kidney stones and prostate and bladder issues, and improve bladder function. 
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