Saturday, November 7, 2009

Observe The Superior Nutrition Found In Superfoods

By Sarah K Lewis

There is a class of foods that are measured to be "superfoods" because of the cutting edge nutrition that they offer. Each person knows that some foods are healthier than others, for example, an apple is more healthy than a potato chip, and broccoli trumps gummy bears. The actuality is that there are some foods that can help us to live longer, healthier and more vibrant lives.

Superfoods have a superior intensity of critical nutrients compared to the total of calories that they have. Research on many of these nutrients show that they can be useful in the impediment of disease and well as the reversal of lots of the classic signs of aging. Consuming a diet that is high in the nutrition found in superfoods can help inhibit certain types of cancers, cardiovascular disease, type II Diabetes, hypertension and Alzheimer's disease.

The superfoods boast a broad blend of antioxidants, phytonutrients, polyphenols, omega fatty acids and more. Most of these foods are found in nature. They are complex and they still contain hundreds if not thousands of yet to be renowned compounds and nutrients.

A mounting body of study suggests that the nutrients from food work best in performance with each other. That is why it is best to eat a mixture of healthy foods rather than focus on just a few. Nutrients from a broad assortment of foods function together to support good health and to check the troubles of aging.

Antioxidant aptitude in food is the ability of the antioxidants in the food to counterbalance free radicals. This is measured by the ORAC or Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity, the higher the number of the ORAC the superior the antioxidant capability of the food.

There are many foods that grade high on the ORAC, however, the food that boasts the maximum scores is the acai berry from Brazil. This little berry is rich with antioxidants, polyphenols, essential omega fatty acids and a full range of 19 amino acids, which are the building blocks of protein.

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