It is known that antioxidants are capable of destroying free radicals that are dangerous to human health. Traditionally they are looked for in vegetables, fruits. However, experts propose to pay attention to food such as popcorn and canned food, reports NBC. According to Joe Vinson of the University of Scranton, it is necessary to include in the diet a variety of sources of antioxidants.

For example, pasta from whole grains (mainly wheat). In this dish, three times more antioxidants than in other varieties of pasta. This puts pasta in its usefulness in a row with vegetables. But in popcorn there are four times more polyphenols fighting with cancer than in fruits.

Very useful eggs. They contain the antioxidant lutein, which protects the eyes from macular degeneration and cataracts. Moreover, lutein from eggs is digested 3 times better than, for example, from spinach, showed the work of scientists from the center at Tufts University.

Canned beans fell under the close attention of specialists in 2004. Then, the US Department of Agriculture identified certain types of dried beans that differ in their level of antioxidants. Most often, beans are used in canned form. University of Colorado specifically measured the concentration of phenolic compounds and flavonoids in canned beans of several types. The leaders were a small red bean.

25% of the daily requirement for riboflavin can cover 1 cup of ordinary low-fat yogurt. Without it, glutathione (involved in removing toxins from the body) is not able to fight free radicals.

But rapeseed oil boasts an antioxidant alpha-tocopherol, according to Maret Treiber of the University of Oregon. This is one of the antioxidants in vitamin E, not giving fats in cholesterol to oxidize and form free radicals.

By the way, vitamin E, like carotenoids and lutein, can be found in organic milk. In such milk, their content is increased by 40-50%. In turn, Virginia Tech encourages everyone to switch to natural substitutes for sweeteners like honey, brown sugar. The best is dark molasses and buckwheat honey.

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