Antioxidants help neutralize harmful free radicals in your body by donating an electron to the free radical’s unpaired electron.
If there are no antioxidants present, free radicals take electrons from healthy cells in the body, causing oxidative stress.
The apples above demonstrate how oxidative stress breaks down your cells, causing premature aging and disease.
| Best antioxidant rich foods | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1) | Goji berries | 25000 ORAC* score |
| 2) | Dark chocolate | 21000 ORAC score |
| 3) | Pecan nuts | 17000 ORAC score |
| 4) | Wild blueberries | 14000 ORAC score |
| 5) | Elderberries | 14000 ORAC score |
| 6) | Artichokes | 9400 ORAC score |
| 7) | Cranberries | 9500 ORAC score |
| 8) | Kidney beans | 8400 ORAC score |
| 9) | Blackberries | 5300 ORAC score |
| 10) | Coriander | 5100 ORAC score |
*ORAC stands for Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity. It’s a lab test that attempts to quantify the “total antioxidant capacity” (TAC) of a food.