Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Antioxidants - Eat Your Beans!

Below is a list of the foods with the highest anti-oxidants.

I was totally unaware that beans ruled this category. You always hear about berries but nothing about beans.

1
Small Red Bean (dried)
Half cup
13727

2
Wild blueberry
1 cup
13427

3
Red kidney bean (dried)
Half cup
13259

4
Pinto bean
Half cup
11864

5
Blueberry (cultivated)
1 cup
9019

6
Cranberry
1 cup (whole)
8983

7
Artichoke (cooked)
1 cup (hearts)
7904

8
Blackberry
1 cup
7701

9
Dried Prune
Half cup
7291

10
Raspberry
1 cup
6058

11
Strawberry
1 cup
5938

12
Red Delicious apple
One
5900

13
Granny Smith apple
One
5381

14
Pecan
1 ounce
5095

15
Sweet cherry
1 cup
4873

16
Black plum
One
4844

17
Russet potato (cooked)
One
4649

18
Black bean (dried)
Half cup
4181

19
Plum
One
4118

20
Gala apple
One
3903

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