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Superfood Bargains

Ranking foods by antioxidants per dollar spent.

October 12, 2010 |
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Superfood Bargains, 5.0 out of 5 based on 7 ratings

Sources Cited

U.S. Department of Agriculture. Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity (ORAC) of Selected Foods—2007. November 2007.

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But three even better bargains to go.

Winning the bronze for best bargain: Cloves. And the Silver to cinnamon. Wait until you hear the gold, though. It’s going to blow your mind. Busting off the charts as the number one antioxidant bargain in the world? Purple cabbage--red cabbage. Cheap as dirt, like 30 cents a pound, and packed with antioxidants—look at that color. And it lasts forever. Next time you go shopping, buy a red cabbage, put it in the crisper, and slice off shreds to put in as many things as you can thing of—great crunch for salad, throw into soups, stir-fries, whatever. And then when you run out you go buy another red cabbage. And if I’m ever over at your house, don’t think I won’t check the crisper… In terms of eating healthy on a budget red cabbage cannot be beat by any food on the planet Earth. Bar none. Period. Done.

To see any graphs, charts, graphics, images, and quotes to which Dr. Greger may be referring watch the above video. This is just an approximation of the audio contributed by Dianne Moore.

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Dr. Michael Greger

Doctor's Note

Please feel free to post any ask-the-doctor type questions here in the comments section and I’d be happy to try to answer them. And check out the other videos on antioxidants. Also, there are 1,449 other subjects covered in the rest of my videos--please feel free to explore them as well!

  • http://nutritionfacts.org/members/mgreger/ Michael Greger M.D.

    Please feel free to post any ask-the-doctor type questions here in the comments section and I’d be happy to try to answer them. And check out the other videos on antioxidants. Also, there are 1,449 other subjects covered in the rest of my videos–please feel free to explore them as well!

  • http://nutritionfacts.org/members/elyn/ Elyn

    If I juice a red cabbage and drink it, but discard a good deal of the fiber am I still getting most of the antioxidant value?
    Thanks, Elyn

    • http://nutritionfacts.org/members/toxins/ Toxins

      Hello Elyn,
      Excellent question! Many have been wondering about this with all the talk of “juice fasting” that have been going on. Check out Dr. Greger’s video all about juicing here http://nutritionfacts.org/videos/fruit-juice-fail/

      Essentially, you throw out 90% of the nutrients when you juice a fruit or vegetables. Regarding oranges for example, it takes 3 oranges to make a cup of orange juice and its STILL not nutritionally equivalent to 1 single plain orange.

      Hope this helps!

      • Bruce

        Well, that’s strange, I thought that juicing was the opposite– as a glass of juice was equivalent to a lb of produce.

      • Carol FitzGerald

        using my vitamix I put the whole orange in rind and all ,some fresh ginger, some unsweetend almond milk , a frosen banana , uncooked oatmeal and some greens. Makes a great smoothie in the morning oh also some chia seeds.

  • http://nutritionfacts.org/members/CrystalNiedzwiadek/ Crystal Niedzwiadek

    Any tips on how to add more cloves to our diet? I’m assuming that people are using ground cloves somehow?

    • http://nutritionfacts.org/members/toxins/ Toxins

      Hello Crystal!

      A great way to get cloves into your diet is to start drinking decaf chai tea.
      http://nutritionfacts.org/videos/the-healthiest-beverage-2/

      Ginger snap flavored Larabars also contain cloves. You can also throw some cloves into soups.

      Hope this helps!

      • http://nutritionfacts.org/members/CrystalNiedzwiadek/ Crystal Niedzwiadek

        Great ideas! I didn’t know about the chai. I’m a caffeine free girl. My only concern with eating “decaf” products is that they are known to be processed with chemicals. I’ll look into it. I love chai…Thanks again!

      • chris

        lara bars are GMO BACKING BASTARDS

        • Melanie

          I’m not sure what the bruhaha was about, but that is clearly not the case now: “We hear your passion and concerns regarding the labeling of GMO
          ingredients. Please know that LÄRABAR will continue to use non-GMO
          ingredients in all of our products, and label our products as “Non-GMO.”
          In addition, we are proudly enrolled in The Non-GMO Project.” from

          http://www.larabar.com/gmo-labeling

  • Michael Greger M.D.

    For some context, please check out my associated blog post The Best Detox!

  • Michael

    This is quackery. The antioxidant scores of these foods are measured using test-tube measures like ORAC, TEAC, and FRAP: they tell you absolutely nothing about the bioavailability or bioactivity of those antioxidants. Cyanide has a very high antioxidant score; that doesn’t make it healthy.

    As it happens, I agree that cabbage (red or green) is a great health bargain — but that’s because it’s a cheap *cruciferous* vegetable, consumption of which has been linked to lower risk of some cancers. The phytochemicals thought to be responsible for this protective effect are believed to be beneficial because of their actions on sex hormone metabolism, not any “antioxidant” buzz.

    • http://www.facebook.com/diane.krstulovich Diane Krstulovich

      Can I really just start slicing off pieces of cabbage and adding them to things? I always fear the whole thing will start to turn brown if I don’t figure out what to do with it – all at once.

      • Melanie

        Don’t worry, you can pull a leaf off at a time. My mother grew cabbages and stored them in the basement. I would snack on them from time to time in the fall and winter after school. They have a nice juiciness/crispness for snacking on. The cabbage will keep just fine as you eliminate the outer leaves.

    • Melanie

      I wouldn’t say it is quackery, although you probably do have a point about bio-availability. To me, I think it would be best to combine the vitamin, mineral, and bioavailable antioxidants in some formula to determine best value per dollar spent. I’d have to say, however, I think I know part of the answer: Eat in season. Produce in season is often local and is usually relatively low in price, but there is more to it than that.

  • LG King

    Hi Dr. Greger,

    I would like to know your thoughts on the use of Serrapeptase regarding it’s supposed ability to remove ‘dead tissue’ from the body (and specifically arterial plaque build-up). All of the proponents of the product sight Dr. Hans Napier’s results of his study 20+ years ago (Germany), but I do not see any more recent studies on this supposed ‘miracle’ enzyme. I currently am taking 40,000 units a day. Thanking you in advance.

    • http://www.DonForresterMD.com/ Don Forrester MD

      Enzymes can be beneficial in our intestines if certain conditions such as pancreatic insufficiency where patients don’t make the digestive enzymes they need. Enzymes are proteins with many amino acids which are broken down by our intestines. So any claims that enzymes contribute to the reduction of plaque is not consistent with our current understanding of human physiology. Improvement of blood flow via the Nitrous Oxide system and reversal of plaque has been demonstrated. The best introduction to this is Dr. Esselstyn’s book on Preventing and Reversing Heart Disease. For the abstracts and articles you can view the video’s and check out sources cites on NutritionFacts.org… you might start with http://nutritionfacts.org/video/arterial-acne/ to help understand this complicated issue.

  • Ann C.

    Dr. Greger, which one would have more antioxidents acai berries or amla powder?

    Thanks,
    Ann – Milton, ON

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