Antioxidant Molecule

Antioxidants are molecules or substances found in our food, juices, vegetable oils and supplements. They can prevent or slow down oxidation damage to our bodies. Oxidation damages can be incurred through exposure to sun or pollution itself, sometimes through stress or through the food and beverages we take in everyday.

The most commonly known antioxidants are found in vegetables, like carrots, squash, broccoli, spinach, tomatoes, apricots and other green and bright-colored veggies. Citrus fruits are also super rich in antioxidants. Other popular antioxidant fruits are strawberries, cherries, acai berries, prunes, bananas and many more. Nuts and seeds as well as fresh fish and red meat also act as antioxidants for our body. But nowadays, antioxidants are most common in their supplemental forms (researches have proved out that antioxidant supplements can give the maximum benefit everyone is looking for!) – tablets or capsules to be exact.

Antioxidants are also known for their mass health benefits and effects. They have been known to reduce the risks of cancer, heart attack, cardiovascular ailments, diabetes, and other age related diseases. On the other hand, they strengthen and enhance our body’s immune system to help fight away harmful infections.

Aim for a fit body and healthy living now with antioxidants!

Antioxidants are nutrients in our foods which can prevent or slow the oxidative damage to our body. They are molecules that stop free radicals and peroxides from reacting with other molecules. Several nutrients in our body are antioxidants themselves and one of the best antioxidant produced by the body is called the Glutathione or GSH.

Glutathione - Best Antioxidant Supplement

Glutathione is a compound classified as a tripeptide made of three amino acids: cysteine, glutamic acid, and glycine. Glutathione is a powerful antioxidant that helps our body repair and heal damaged cells thus replacing them with new, strong, good cells.

Antioxidants such as GSH can enhance our immune system and therefore lower the risks of cancer and many other infections plus it has a vital function in iron metabolism of the body. Glutathione can also increase the body’s energy, reducing the effect of aging, lessening waste and toxins in the body and improving lung and heart functions.

Glutathione is found in almost all fruits and vegetables but some researchers have found out that a person’s body has the ability to absorb GSH efficiently when in a supplemental form. These supplements give you an easy method of getting the right balance of nutrients to increase the body’s natural production of GSH glutathione. If you choose to take the latter procedure, be sure to take them with meals for maximum absorption.

Buddy Fruits Pure Blended Fruit To Go Apple and Strawberry

I am a big fan of the new trend in fruit puree pouches.  I think they are great not only for kids but also for adults, as a healthy snack.

Buddy Fruits makes some of the best combos as a fruit puree pouch.  Today we’re looking at their Apple and Strawberry flavor.

This flavor is 60 calories per serving, which is the entire pouch.

Gotta love the simple ingredients in this  fruit puree pouch: Apple, strawberry, blackcurrant juice, concentrated apple juice.

Simple and pure!

Nutrition Facts

Here are more reasons why Buddy Fruits rock:

• No preservatives
• No colorings
• No additives
• No fat
• No genetic modification
• No water added
• No dairy or gluten
• Nothing artificial

Here is a quick list of the other Buddy Fruits products we have featured on the site:

• Mango Passion & Banana Buddy Fruits Pure Blended Fruit To Go
• Buddy Fruits Orange Pure Fruit Bites Fruit Snacks
• Buddy Fruits – Pure Fruit Bites – Apple
• Buddy Fruits Pure Blended Fruit Apple and Banana
• Buddy Fruits Pure Fruit Bites Pomegranate & Acai 
• Buddy Fruits Pure Fruit Bites Raspberry

Thank you to Buddy Fruits for sending us their products to review.

You can buy Buddy Fruits online or in your local store.

If you can find Buddy Fruit products in your local store, like I can, then you might want to print this $1 coupon off of 5 Buddy Fruits.

Here is a video I took during the review process:

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Brothers-ALL-Natural White and Yellow Peach Crisps up close

Keeping fresh fruit around the house is not always an option.  Sometimes fruit is not in season and many times the fruit spoils before it can all be eaten.  Canned fruit is an option, but heavy sugary syrups or the watered down flavors are not always appealing. An option that may offer the best of seasoned fruit without the muted flavor may be freeze dried fruit.  Brothers freeze dried fruit is made of organic dry fruit that is always in season. The products are 100% organic and come in bags.  The flavor combinations range from freeze dried apple cinnamon crisps and organic freeze dried bananas to mandarin orange and mixed berry flavors.

Organic dried fruit is a healthy snack that is great for an evening in front of the television watching a movie or when enjoying the great outdoors.  Fruit is a snack that will satisfy your sweet craving and still allow the waistline you have always desired.  These are snacks that can easily be kept in the car, used for lunch, or utilized in various recipes.  Add freeze dried fruit chunks to a spring salad or as a sweet topping for ice cream.  The point is to have fun with this healthy alternative to greasy salty snacks.

Happy Thanksgiving to all of you from us at Antioxidant-fruits.com!  Do you put fruit in your Turkey?  If so, what do you put in it?  My family adds an apple!

Apples

Just Tomatoes - Just VeggiesJust Tomatoes - Just Veggies

Having trouble getting your children or yourself to eat enough fruits and veggies?  Just Tomatoes
ETC. may have the answer to improving eating habits in a fun way.  Who doesn’t like taking a hand full of candy and eating it piece by pieces?  With Just Tomatoes Etc. you can treat yourself to dried fruits and veggies and pop them just like candy.  Try the dried tomatoes, or corn and place them in a dish as a treat while watching television.  Mix strawberries, bananas, and apples in a bowl and eat while watching movies with the family.  This sweet treat will have everyone wanting more.  Many of the products are completely organic and all products can be used just as the real fruit or vegetable.  Add dried tomatoes to a salad or mix all natural dried fruit into trail mix.  The crunchy n yummy bits can be added to homemade granola bars for an extra kick of flavor.

Just Tomatoes Etc. products come in resealable bags of containers so the fruits and veggies stay fresh and ready to pop in your mouth.  Great as a snack for long trips or as a treat to keep in your desk at work, snack healthy with Just Tomatoes Etc. dried fruits and vegetables.

Navitas Naturals Organic Acai Powder contains a powdered version of what could be called miracle berries. Acai berries are chalked full of powerful antioxidants, healthy fats, and essential micronutrients. These berries have a rich purple color and grown high up in the trees.  Once picked the flavor is a unique combination that has been compared to a chocolate berry flavor which is perfect for frozen treats, desserts, or even an antioxidant fruit drink.

Navitas Naturals Organic Acai Powder allows the true creative cook to come out in mixing the powder with desserts, into smoothies, yogurt, and whatever else could use a little flavor boost. Not only do you gain a tempting treat to share, but also a healthy snack that is good for all. Acai berries are delicate in nature and are hand inspected immediately after harvest so that the best of the best can be used to create Navitas Naturals acai powder.

So whether you are a creative cook that is looking for a small flavor boost for your favorite fruity recipes or a health conscious eater who is always looking fora tasty way to get more fruit and nutrients into your system then Navitas Naturals acai powder may be perfect for you.

Stoneridge Orchards Raspberries

Stoneridge Orchards Raspberries are nummers!  These whole dried raspberries are hard to put down!

Stoneridge Orchards sent us their 4 oz bag to try – and I loved them.

The ingredients of these dried fruit raspberries include: red raspberries, sugar, natural flavor, citric acid and sunflower oil.

They are perfect for use with desserts, granola, yogurt, cereal, glazes, smoothies, sauces and whatever else you can think of!

There are many benefits of raspberries that include dietary fiber and antioxidants, vitamin c, riboflavin, folate, potassium, and vitamin B6.

You can buy these Stoneridge Orchards Whole Dried Raspberries online.

Stoneridge Orchards Raspberries out of bag

Below is a video that I recorded during the review process:

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Do you eat whole dried raspberries?  How do you eat them?  By themselves?

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Located at 5683 Lincoln Rd., Oregon, Wisconsin, USA, the Carandale Farm was once a dairy farm that somehow evolved to become one of the oldest fruit picking farms in Dane County. The crops offered by this farm are strawberries, raspberries and Concord Grapes. Previously, there were apples but in 2008, Carandale Farm decided to phase out apple production to manage climate change and sustainable crop growth.

You pick strawberries continue to be the farm’s main attraction. The harvesting activity begins in the middle of June and ends by middle of October, in time for the Concord Grape harvest.

Other fruits from the Carandale Farm are cherries, plums and pears. Aronia, ederberry, sea berry and European black currant are also offered because they were among the fruit crops identified to have commercial value for the region through non-traditional research done by Carandale Farm. Methods like test plots, drip irrigation system and netting and support system were implemented.

For more information on the picking schedule, you may call them at (608) 835-3979.

Have you made plans for U-pick? Where do you plan to go? We would love to know where and why you picked that farm. Leave us a comment below or on Facebook.