The Highest Antioxidant: Apple, Bean, Berry, Lentil, or Nut?
The best apple, bean, berry, lentil, and nut are the ones you’ll eat the most of, but if you don’t have a strong preference, which has the highest antioxidant power?
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I love this channel!
This reminds me of your old-school videos.
😮 oh wow that’s interesting! 😊
Pro tip: Store your nuts in the freezer for a longer shelf life.
Buying nuts in bulk can make them cheaper, but only if you can eat them all before they go rancid. The fats in nuts keep them from freezing solid, so you can eat them straight out of the freezer. I keep a big bag of walnuts in the freezer, and it extends the shelf life by 6 months to a year.
I was putting mine in the refrigerator. Thanks for the tip. 😊
I keep my bags of nuts from Costco in the freezer, as you say it works great. Other things I keep in there – potato chips, Cheerios.
The problem with buying them in bulk is you got to make sure there’s no mycotoxins so you have to be sure to get them fresh and bulk. And don’t buy them from bulk bins where they have a higher propensity toward mycotoxins.
Yes-I stock up when they go on sale at Christmas. I get the one pound bags and store each in a vacuum bag. Once opened, they live in the fridge. I also store smaller portions of flax and sesame seeds the same way.
Apple peel helps me sleep and I find berries good for anxiety.
Thank you!
What about soybeans? Should have had those in the beans comparison!
Dude, Edamame…
@@ReligionsFakten edamame are fresh, green soybeans. I meant the dry ones, just like the rest of the beans in the comparison.
Yeah I was wondering about black beans, it would have been cool to see where edamame fits in the mix. But the more I dig in these comparisons seem oversimplified and kind of ridiculous.
Great info!
That’s why green lentils are given to patients during treatment in India
Now if I could get ads for beans instead of paleo!
Different antioxidant lists look different than this one, sometimes pecans are higher than walnuts, red delicious is higher than granny smith and almonds are higher than pine nuts, it depends on the individual sample, so dont go nutrient chasing
I swore I saw video on Nutrition facts that gave the title to red delicious
@JimmyCricket61258 yeah some other antioxidants lists are mentioned in his previous videos.
@@JimmyCricket61258 Same
I expected walnuts to be on top because he’s reported this before many years ago. But he may have been referring to the same antioxidant list.
Why aren’t black beans on the list?
I asked the same question!
Black turtle beans weren’t included in the database. Since it was referenced at the beginning of the video it seems all the data presented came from that study.
A quick check shows black beans being the highest in several studies.
Good thing I eat a variety of beans.
Why weren’t black beans included on the bean chart? What I recall one of your old videos states that that’s the highest in antioxidants.
Funny I asked the same question and just noticed two other people did as well!
14 years ago he also suggested that red lentils had more antioxidant power compared to green lentils. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJ__-aHzFus
Cool beans, for some reason he separates lentils from beans even though they’re all legumes. But I guess some nuts are too, heck everything is essentially just a seed when you really think about it. So we don’t even really know how they compare to each other. At the end of the day it’s like why does any of this even matter when we should just be eating variety and it’s really hard to compare when they all have such profoundly unique nutrient profiles. Like in that old video you referenced he mentions folate and beta carotene and what not.
Love the vids, doc.
Granny smith , walnuts , blackberries, fava beans and green lentils .
🤔 When considering the legumes, doesn’t cooking destroy the antioxidants?
Well cooking increases the absorption of certain nutrients and may increase certain antioxidants but yeah, cooking can also destroy some antioxidants. There I can only imagine and assume they are doing these tests on cooked beans, hopefully at least. If you’re really trying to get the most out of antioxidants and nutrients then add some sprouts to the mix!
I love this! Such a practical video!
Excellent video with great info. Just a bit too fast. I had to pause frequently. thank you.