more good stuff about legumes and grains

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Remember: omit a whole food group at your own risk. Here's some more info

on this subject sent to me by a very well respected CRONIE:

This ranks all the plant food groups

(vegetables, fruits, nuts/seeds, roots, legumes, grains)

by ability to reduce iron ions (Fe3+ to Fe2+ i.e.,^ the

FRAP assay), which is different from the ORAC score most

people already know about.

The study is great because it gives good scores to

legumes and grains, which many people lately seem

to feel are not worthwhile additions to the diet.

A Systematic Screening of Total Antioxidants in Dietary Plants

http://www.nutrition.org/cgi/content/full/132/3/461

It is necessary to click on the table links to see the rankings

by class type. Unfortunately, the data are provided on a weight

basis and not by calories, so they can be misleading without

the calorie conversion.

Carol