Top 10 Foods Rich in Antioxidants

Below are the top food sources of antioxidants that you may include in your daily consumption of foods:   #1 - Small Red Beans First on the list is the small red bean. According to the food pyramid released by the USDA, half a cup of dried small red bean can contain as much as 13727 antioxidant capacity per serving size. The healthy elements found in the small red bean include the following: · Anthocyanins – have antioxidant effect against arteriosclerosis, anti-blood clot, tired eyes, and eyesight problems · Folic Acid – effective against baldness, mouth ulcer, anemia, and arteriosclerosis and improves anti-blood clotting property and blood circulation · Kalium – high blood pressure, diabetes, diuretic action, constipation, mental health, reducing stress, dementia, and cancer · Molybdenum – cancer, fatigue, and anemia · Niacin – skin, baldness, insomnia, hangover, brain, diabetes, mental health, blood circulation, liver complaint · Pantothenic Acid (Vitamin B5) – reducing stress, fatigue, baldness · Vitamin B1 – anti-aging, immunity, insomnia, fatigue, skin, mucous membranes, physical exhaustion, diabetes, arteriosclerosis, mental health, reducing stress, blood circulation, muscle, liver complaint, beriberi, stiff neck · Vitamin B6 – hay fever, antioxidant effect, mouth ulcer, reducing stress, mental health, diabetes, skin, anemia, immunity, and baldness A Note On Beans: Just recently, a new dietary guidance message was announced by the American Dry Bean Board. The message said that "diets including beans may reduce your risk of heart disease and certain cancers." The reasons are many – from the fact that beans are known to be naturally low fat and contain no saturated fat or cholesterol to it being rich sources of important nutrients, such as fiber, protein, calcium, iron, folic acid, and potassium. Ultimately, however, the health benefits of beans can all be attributed to the rich presence of antioxidants.  "In many parts of the world, beans are an important dietary staple, but Americans are not eating enough," said Stacey Zawel, Ph.D., the executive director of the Beans for Health Alliance. She further added that, "Ideally, adults should be eating three cups of beans per week. This dietary guidance message will illustrate to Americans the importance of including beans in their diet.

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• Wild Blueberry
  Both wild and cultivated blueberries especially have been heralded for their high antioxidant content. In fact, three of the top five antioxidant-rich foods studied were beans.
  
  
• Red Kidney Bean
  Another member of the bean category, the red kidney bean is ranked third in USDA’s top 20 list of foods with the highest antioxidant capacity. According to the list, a half cup of powdered red kidney bean contains as much as 13259 antioxidant capacity per serving size.
  
  
• Pinto Bean
  Yet another bean category that made it to the list is the pinto bean. Half a cup of pinto beans contains 11864 antioxidant capacity per serving size.
  
  
• Blueberry (cultivated) Cranberry , Blackberry, Raspberries
  Next on the list is the cultivated variety of blueberry. Berries have always been known to contain high concentration of antioxidants. But according to the USDA release, distinctions should be made as to which types of berries have more antioxidant capacity.
  
  
• Artichoke
  USDA has ranked cooked artichokes number 10 from their list of top 20 antioxidant-rich foods. The study showed that one cup (hearts) of artichoke contains up to 7904 antioxidant capacity per serving size.
  
  
• Dried Prune
  The USDA ranked dried prunes number 9 from a list of 20 antioxidant-rich foods. One half cup of dried prunes contain 7291 antioxidant capacity per serving size. ....