Thursday, October 8, 2009

High ORAC Antioxidants Superfoods And Dietary Supplements.

Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity (ORAC) is a standardised measurement of the full antioxidant power of a substance.

Antioxidant strength is the ability to deactivate oxygen free radicals. Therefore, the more free radicals a matter can absorb, the higher its ORAC score. Experts suggest that we eat around 5000 ORAC units per day to considerably influence antioxidant action in the body and decrease free radical harm.

Approximately 500 ORAC units you may get from one serving (half a cup) of fruits or vegetables.

And If you’re not consuming at least 10 servings of fruits and vegetables a day, you’re not reaching the suggested quantity of ORAC units to wipe up the injury caused by free radicals in your body each day.

The ORAC score of 1 gram of Berry Radical is 1448. So, one 5g sachet of Berry Radical contains over 7000 ORAC units!One 150g of Berry Radical box contains over 217,000 ORAC units. Below is the published data of the ORAC score of some high antioxidant Superfoods and dietary supplements:

SuperFoods/Supplements ORAC Score / Serving

Blueberries 2400 100g
Strawberries 1540 100g
Raspberries 1220 100g
YL Berry Young 1130 30ml
Xango 530 30ml
Himalayan Goji Juice 380 30ml
Tahitian Noni Juice 165 30ml

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