28 Aug Antioxidants: The fight against cancer, heart, aging…
Antioxidants fight against diseases. Among the foods that contain high amounts of antioxidants are chia. In fact, chia seeds have four times the amount of antioxidants than blueberries.
The antioxidant value of foods are expressed in ORAC (Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity) units. The higher the score, the more medicinal the food. Blueberries have an ORAC score of 2600 per 100 grams. Chia seeds have a score of 10,250. If you soak chia seeds overnight, that score jumps to 22,000.
What are antioxidants? They serve to protect cells from free radicals that play an important role in heart disease, in cancer and other diseases.
