Testing Antioxidant Power of Foods - Wall Street Journal

Testing Antioxidant Power of Foods Wall Street Journal By LAURA JOHANNES Deciding what to eat often involves considering calories, portion size and vitamin content. Now a widely used lab test adds antioxidant power to that calculation. The oxygen radical absorbance capacity, or ORAC test measures the ...

These are the antioxidants you should look for - Chicago Sun-Times

These are the antioxidants you should look for Chicago Sun-Times At the Institute of Food Technologists 2012 Wellness Conference, Dr. Carl Keen, professor of nutrition and internal medicine at the University of California, Davis declared that, “The word antioxidant should probably be banished from food labels — it ... and more »

Tami M. Best: Plants can fulfill nutritional needs - Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

Tami M. Best: Plants can fulfill nutritional needs Rochester Democrat and Chronicle He recommends eating more nutrient-dense food: foods that have a lot of antioxidants, fiber, vitamins, minerals and other vital nutrients in proportion to the number of calories they contain. For example, using the Web-based USDA nutrient database, ...

Healthy Indian Takeout: 8 Tips For Making Smarter To-Go Choices - Huffington Post

Healthy Indian Takeout: 8 Tips For Making Smarter To-Go Choices Huffington Post But just because it's growing in popularity doesn't mean you're familiar with all the choices on the menu or know how they stack up, nutrition-wise. We asked Heather Bauer, RD, CDN, author of "Bread is the Devil" and a HuffPost blogger, ... and more »

Health experts say seeds pack a nutritional punch - SILive.com

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Health experts say seeds pack a nutritional punch SILive.com ... into the human diet and are smiled upon by those in the nutritional world. Varieties such as hemp, sunflower, sesame, pumpkin, chia and flax offer a variety of health benefits, including being rich in fiber, antioxidants and essential fatty acids.