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DESCRIPTION: Even nine servings of fruits and vegetables a day may not reach the minimum recommended intake of antioxidants if one doesn't make the right choices.
This is that laser study I talked about: Antioxidant Level Dynamics (nutritionfacts.....
What do I mean by daily minimum of antioxidants? You must have missed my last video, Minimum Recommended Daily Allowance of Antioxidants (nutritionfacts.....
I used a similar technique to illustrate the potent antioxidant power of spices. See Antioxidants in a Pinch (nutritionfacts.....
All fruits and veggies aren't the same. I make this point in different ways in videos like Which Fruit Fights Cancer Better? (nutritionfacts....) and Anti-Inflammatory Antioxidants (nutritionfacts.....
I have a series of videos on which foods have the most antioxidants. See Antioxidant Content of 3,139 Foods (nutritionfacts....) and Antioxidant Power of Plant Foods Versus Animal Foods (nutritionfacts..... Note these are measured based on test tube tests. There are more sophisticated ways to measure antioxidant activity. See Anti Up on the Veggies (nutritionfacts.....
What's the cheapest common source of whole food antioxidants? See Superfood Bargains (nutritionfacts....) for a dollar per dollar comparison. What's the cheapest uncommon source? See Dragon's Blood (nutritionfacts.....
Are there diminishing returns to getting too many antioxidants? See Maxing Out on Antioxidants (nutritionfacts.....
So if we have that bowl of berries in the morning to meet our minimum daily antioxidant needs can we just call it a day?. Hint: the title of my next video is: Antioxidant Rich Foods With Every Meal (nutritionfacts.....
Have a question for Dr. Greger about this video? Leave it in the comment section at nutritionfacts.... and he'll try to answer it!
Image Credit: Anthro_aya, Fritzmb, and Cogdogblog via flickr; and Brian Arthur, Sanjay Acharya, and Henna via Wikimedia.
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