High antioxidant fruits

[Guest guest]

A recent post stated that oranges have the highest antioxidant

content of any fruit (with more than 170 different phytochemicals,

including more than 60 flavonoids), and another post suggested using

lemon instead of orange.

Regarding fruit: According to USDA data, the ORAC (oxygen radical

absorbance capacity) per calorie of wolfberries appears to be the

highest of any fruit, at an amazing 633 ORAC's/calorie, followed by

strawberries (51 ORAC units/calorie), Pomegranates (49

ORAC's/calorie), Blueberries at 43, Cranberries at 42, and Oranges

way down the list at 16.

I very much like the idea of using lemons (I believe suggested by

Rodney) for " citrus bioflavonoids. "

Here's a very high flavonoid " recipe " that I've tried twice now, and

find extremely delicious:

Place the following ingredients in a blender:

1. One-half to one whole lemon, with the superficial colored skin

peeled off using a vegetable peeler. Make sure not to take off the

white " pithy " substance just underneath the superficial yellow peel:

this contains flavonoids that you want to consume. A vegetable

peeler works much better than a knife; with a knife you end up taking

off some of the good white part just underneath the very thin peel.

2. 2-3 cups of cranberries

3. water

4. sucralose to taste

Blend all ingredients fully, and eat with a spoon; or if you prefer

drinking it, just add more water to decrease the thickness.

The sucralose makes this very delicious, and the lemon adds a nice

complimentary flavor to the cranberries.

Bob Bessen

p.s. many citrus bioflavonoid supplements have been found to be very

poorly absorbed; this will not be the case with the above ingredients.

p.s.s. is anybody eating wolfberries? Where are you buying them?

I've seen them on the internet for about $21/pound, but have not

bought any.

[Guest guest]

Yeah, I'm eat'n' em. Gotta bunch a long time ago @ $10/lbs; however, these

were not certified organic, or green, and next time I order, I'll go for the

" green " ones. They appear to be available for about $20/lbs:

http://www.naturalhealthway.com/wolfberry/wolfberry.html

This is just the result of a quick search. Better prices may be available.

>From: " RJB112 " <rjb112@...>

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>Subject: [ ] High antioxidant fruits

>Date: Sat, 06 Dec 2003 21:58:47 -0000

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>>p.s.s. is anybody eating wolfberries? Where are you buying them?

>I've seen them on the internet for about $21/pound, but have not

>bought any.

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