Author(s): Mariza Snyder

Cooking & Food

This is the first pocket book that makes it easy to select the most antioxidant-packed foods. Most diet books focus on what not to eat. This first-ever antioxidant counter does the exact opposite. With specific scores for more than 200 popular foods, the guide's easy-to-access presentation of the groundbreaking ORAC (Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity) scale helps you determine which foods give them the most antioxidant power. A piece of fruit is a wonderful, antioxidant-packed snack, but does it make a difference to have raisins instead of an apple or banana? With "The Anti-oxidant Counter" you find the answer in two seconds - raisins have more than ten times the antioxidants of apples or bananas. Trimly designed to take along to the supermarket, it helps you fill their trolleys with the most nutrient-packed items available. The authors show how simple ingredient substitutions can exponentially improve the ORAC score of common dishes, like replacing the zucchini in pasta with broccoli florets and red bell peppers for a five-fold boost in antioxidants. Also featured are a number of mouth-watering recipes for meals guaranteed to maximise health and minimise ageing.