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Get your antioxidants from simple foods!

26 Friday Nov 2021

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You’ve heard wine contains heart-healthy antioxidants. But what if you don’t drink? Nutritionists at NYU say other foods contain the same exact antioxidants.

  • For example, you’ll find heart-healthy, anti-cancer resveratrol (rez-VARE’-uh-trall) in cranberries, peanuts, pistachios, dark chocolate and cocoa powder.
  • There’s immunity-boosting and inflammation-fighting quercetin (QWER-set-in) in apples, blackberries, citrus, and dark cherries, as well as onions, parsley, sage, and both green and black tea.
  • And you’ll find resveratrol AND quercetin in blueberries and grapes.

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Good news if you like carrots!

15 Thursday Jul 2021

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Here’s an easy way to cut your risk of catching a summer cold: Eat more cooked carrots! According to scientists at the USDA, our favorite orange root vegetable is packed with immunity-boosting antioxidants, which can cut your risk of catching colds and other viral infections by 33%. And if you DO get sick, increasing your carrot consumption could cut 3 days off your recovery time. So, whatever you’re making or ordering, make sure it includes carrots. 

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Do you frequently run out of energy?

24 Thursday Jun 2021

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You can get a boost just by eating broccoli! Norwegian researchers found people who ate a cup of broccoli a day saw their energy and stamina jump by up to 33% in just one week. Because broccoli’s antioxidants, chlorophyll, and sulforaphane, help our muscle cells absorb fatty acids from our bloodstream, and turn them into fatigue-fighting and metabolism-boosting ATP cells. The key type of energy used by our brain and muscles. 

Bottom line: Eating a cup of broccoli a day could give you 33% more energy.

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Eat fruit for a mood boost!

10 Wednesday Feb 2021

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If you need a mood boost – put down the cookie and pick up a piece of fruit! Research in the journal Frontiers in Nutrition shows that eating fruit will help you feel calmer and happier than if you eat cookies, candy or chips. That’s because fruit stimulates the release of the mood-boosting brain chemical serotonin. Plus, the vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants in fruit increase activity in the area of the brain that regulates mood. And choose a wide variety of fruit. Because different fruits contain different happiness-boosting compounds – so the more types of fruit you eat, the better you’ll feel.

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Do you avoid fruits and vegetables that look less-than-perfect?

09 Monday Nov 2020

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You might want to change your tune. A review of 350 studies found produce marred with bumps, scars and dark patches is more nutritious than picture-perfect ones. Because when trees and plants are stressed by insects or disease, they produce more antioxidants as a defense mechanism. You’re more likely to find scarred fruits and vegetables at farmers’ markets and smaller grocery chains. You might even save money, because some vendors cut prices on the ugliest specimens… which also have the most antioxidants.

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Iced tea or hot tea?

01 Friday May 2020

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Is one healthier than the other? Yes! Dr. Jeffrey Blumberg, antioxidant researcher at Tufts University, says tea’s healthy benefits come from its flavonoids. And HOT tea generally has the most because heat unlocks the compounds. But when you add ice, it dilutes the flavonoids and weakens the health benefits.

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Here’s a natural remedy for the flu:

27 Monday Jan 2020

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Go get some elderberry syrup. You can find it at stores like Rite Aid, CVS, and Target. According to the Loyola University Health System, elderberries have antioxidants that may help stop the flu virus from replicating. It won’t get rid of the flu – but it can shorten the duration of your illness and ease symptoms. The prescription? Mix 1 tablespoon of elderberry syrup into water or tea, 4 times a day.

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Are you feeling sluggish and dehydrated? Here’s what you can do!

19 Friday Jul 2019

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If you’re feeling sluggish and dehydrated, try these top “recovery” foods to help get your energy back. They come from registered dietician Deborah Tagliareni:

First: Eat watermelon. It’s got “water” right in the name. Plus, it’s full of lycopene, an antioxidant also found in tomatoes. But watermelon has 4 times as much lycopene as tomatoes. So it’s a powerhouse when it comes to preventing and repairing free-radical damage.

Also, eat some cucumbers. Next, to lettuce, they have the highest water content of ANY vegetables! Plus, cucumbers have key B vitamins that support your metabolism by converting carbohydrates into energy.

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Plums are in season right now…

14 Friday Jun 2019

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…and they may hold the key to weight loss. Researchers in the British Medical Journal found that people who ate the most flavonoids gained the least amount of weight over the course of a study. And, ounce for ounce, plums have more flavonoids than other fruits! Those are the disease-fighting, anti-inflammatory antioxidants found in plant pigments – which give produce its color. And plums, in particular, have a lot of anthocyanins – a plant pigment that burns fat. So, to lose weight, eat plenty of plums while they’re in season.

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Don’t get stressed-out… eat some hummus!

13 Wednesday Mar 2019

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Here’s a quick trick for reducing your stress hormones: Cut up some vegetables and dip them in hummus! UCLA researchers say the chickpeas in the Mediterranean dip contain one of the highest levels of polyphenols, an antioxidant that cuts down the production of stress hormones. The research showed that just a half-cup of hummus a day can cut our stress by at least 25% within 72 hours.

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