Does anyone have a good reference for the antioxidant content of foods? I've
tried and tried but can't find one.

Must say that I always suspected that berries would be one of the missing
links to good health- along with root vegetables. This makes me even more
optimistic about them.

Ben
----- Original Message -----
From: Ken Stuart <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, July 16, 1999 4:01 PM
Subject: Re: [P-F] Blueberries


> On Thu, 15 Jul 1999 21:02:17 -0600, Richard Keene <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
>
> >>From the local paper in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA....
> >
> >blueberries ranked No. 1 in delevering disease fighting antioxidants.
> >.... laboratory rats fed blueberries showed a slowed age-related loss in
mental capacity....
>
> Actually all the berries came in close together at the top in
antioxidizing
> ability.
>
> The newspaper versions of scientific studies always create these weird
> impressions.   I'm sure it was something like blueberries 28.87,
raspberries
> 28.83, etc. and so we get "blueberries ranked No. 1"....
>
>
> --
> Cheers,
>
> Ken
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