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    Native savanna-grown fruits rich in bioactive compounds, antioxidants

    Native Brazilian fruits grown in arid climates and poor soil have similar antioxidant activity to conventionally grown Red Delicious apples, according to research published in the open access journal PLOS ONE by Sandra Fernandes Arruda from the University of Brazil and colleagues from other...
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    Popcorn As Good For You As Veggies? Not Exactly (But It’s Full Of Antioxidants)

    If recent headlines are to be taken at face value, you can skip the apples, carrots or kale: A few cups*of popcorn*a day will keep the doctor away, or at least give you a fruit-and-vegetable-size serving of antioxidants. That last part is true (and awesome)—a recent University of Scranton study...
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    Alzheimer's Biomarkers Unaffected By Antioxidants

    Adding antioxidant supplements such as vitamin E and vitamin C to the diet does not appear to affect some cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) biomarkers linked to Alzheimer's disease, according to the results of a randomized controlled trial that were published online in Archives of Neurology on Monday...
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    Black Rice Has More Antioxidants And Fiber, And Less Sugar Than Blueberries, And It I

    As well as being cheaper than blueberries, black rice has more anthocyanin antioxidants, vitamin E antioxidants, less sugar and more fiber than blueberries, a presentation at the 240th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS) revealed. Black rice used to be consumed just by nobles...
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    Antioxidants May Help Prevent Malaria Complications That Damage Brain

    Using an experimental mouse model for malaria, an international group of scientists has discovered that adding antioxidant therapy to traditional antimalarial treatment may prevent long-lasting cognitive impairment in cerebral malaria. Their findings were published online June 24, 2010, in the...
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