5 Everyday Super Foods High in Antioxidants

Apples - An apple a day keeps the doctor away. Haven't heard that before right? Polyphenols, phytochemicals, and flavonoids can be found in Apples. These sound like terms that you'd hear on a sci-fi channel, but they're some of the most powerful natural occurring chemicals that have been proven to show antioxidant activity that slows down, clears out and even halts free radicals inside the body.

Local Grocery Store Cost: $0.50/lb - $1.99/lb

Blueberries - Blueberries are blue. Duh. But what makes them blue are called anthocyanins that create this blue pigment and give blueberries their high antioxidant properties. Another space term. But what' great is that blueberries can help improve your eyesight, coordination and blance, improve your memory and even may slow aging. Yeah. Crazy.

Local Grocery Store Cost: $0.20 - $4.00/quart

Strawberries - Strawberries, believe it or not, are also given their red color by that same antioxidant as blueberries. Anthocyanins give strawberries their red color and blueberries their blue color. Weird. Strawberries are super tastey and are considered a superfood extremely high in antioxidants. They are high in vitamin C they also have fiber, iron and potassium.

Local Grocery Store Cost: $2.99/lb

Raspberries - Raspberries orginated in Europe, but these days you'll find them in your local grocery store. Raspberries are also high in antioxidants and contain vitamin K, calcium, phosphorus and potassium, but what makes raspberries so special is that they contain ellagic acid. Ellagic acid is a part of the phytonutrient family and helps prevent damage at the cellular level. This means that as your cells get attacked by free radicals, this superfood protects you all the way down to the cells.

Local Grocery Store Cost: $0.20 - $4.00/ half pint

Green Tea - Know that the unfermented tea leaves are the ones that contain the most polyphenols in all the tea types. Since ancient times, the Chinese and Japanese have been drinking the powerful antioxidant superfood and we know that the health benefits that come from drinking green tea are powerful. Some health benefits from drinking green tea are that it lowers cholesterol levels, helps protect against cancer, helps with inflammatory bowel disease, diabetes, liver disease and weight loss.

Local Grocery Store Cost: $1.99 - $2.99

Wow, so those are just 5 superfoods that you can get at your local grocery store. Just think the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) recommends that you consume 9-13 servings of fruits. No it's not because they know farmers need to make money, it's because they've always understood the health benefits of raw foods.

Due to the advancement of technology, we have been able to identify critical elements of foods and how they affect the body once we consume them. Remember those weird space terms? Those are the natural occurring chemicals in raw superfoods that give us the antioxidant protection we need in our bodies. Antioxidants are the single most important component of food that will keep free radicals out of the body.

Free radicals are naturally occurring and they are also brought on by the environment. It is important that you eat foods rich in antioxidants, so you can protect yourself as much as possible.

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