Antioxidants Quotes:

Antioxidants have a good effect on certain forms of Crohn's disease.

- Mary Ann Mobley

source: "Mary Ann Mobley: going public about a private disease". Saturday Evening Post Interview with Cory SerVaas, January 1, 1994.

topic: Disease, Certain, Form, Antioxidants

Foods that are deep blue, purple, red, green, or orange are leaders in antioxidants and contain many nutrients that boost immunity and enhance health.

- Deepak Chopra

topic: Blue, Purple, Orange, Red Green, Antioxidants

The phytochemicals, antioxidants, and fiber- all of the healthful components of plant foods- originate in plants, not animals. If they are present, it is because the animal ate plants. And why should we go through an animal to get the benefits of the plants themselves? To consume unnecessary, unseemly, and unhealthy substances, such as saturated fat, animal protein, lactose, and dietary cholesterol, is to negate the benefits of the fiber, phytonutrients, vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants that are prevalent and inherent in plants.

- Colleen Patrick-Goudreau

topic: Animal, Benefits, Fiber, Cholesterol, Antioxidants

What do we actually seek from food? It's not calories, nor is it volume or mass. It is, in fact, nutrition: micronutrients, which include vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, and phytochemicals. These are components by which food can be assessed a value, and therefore, a decision can be objectively made as to whether it's worth eating.

- Brendan Brazier

topic: Decision, Vitamins, Facts, Antioxidants

In the Middle Ages people took potions for their ailments. In the 19th century they took snake oil. Citizens of today's shiny, technological age are too modern for that. They take antioxidants and extract of cactus instead.

- Charles Krauthammer

source: "The Return of the Primitive" by Charles Krauthammer, content.time.com. January 29, 1996.

topic: Snakes, Oil, People, Cactus, Antioxidants

All those spices and herbs in your spice rack can do more than provide calorie-free, natural flavorings to enhance and make food delicious. Theyre also an incredible source of antioxidants and help rev up your metabolism and improve your health at the same time.

- Suzanne Somers

topic: Spices, Herbs, Helping, Metabolism, Antioxidants

I'm cancer-free. And I'm on antioxidants and acupuncture and a different diet. And I have a different outlook on life. I don't have resentment any more. It's wonderful.

- Louis Gossett, Jr.

topic: Cancer, Acupuncture, Different, Cancer Free, Antioxidants

Cacao has the highest antioxidant concentration of any major food in the world. Cacao is thirty times higher in antioxidants than red wine, twenty times more potent in antioxidants than blueberries, three times higher than acai, and twice as much as chaga mushrooms. These antioxidants protect our cells from free radical damage and therefore contribute to our longevity and state of well-being.

- David Wolfe

topic: Wine, Cells, Mushrooms, Cacao, Antioxidants

You get the health benefits of coffee up through about the first twenty-four ounces. It's the biggest source of antioxidants for Americans, and we think it helps prevent Alzheimer's and Parkinson's as well.

- Mehmet Oz

source: "16 Quick Questions for Dr. Oz" by Mehmet Oz and Joel Harper, www.esquire.com. October 4, 2007.

topic: Coffee, Thinking, Alzheimer, Parkinson's, Antioxidants

You get tons of phytonutrients and antioxidants from plant-based foods, very little saturated fat, and you avoid cholesterol entirely!

- Kathy Freston

topic: Littles, Plant, Cholesterol, Antioxidants

Dried oregano has thirty times the brain-healing antioxidant power of raw blueberries, forty-six times more than apples, and fifty-six times as much as strawberries, making it one of the most powerful brain cell protectors on the planet.

- Daniel Amen

source: Daniel G. Amen (2012). “Use Your Brain to Change Your Age: Secrets to look, feel and think younger every day”, p.78, Hachette UK

topic: Powerful, Healing, Cells, Antioxidants, Blueberries

Coffee, one of the most widely consumed beverages in the world, contains a plethora of naturally-occurring compounds, including several classes of antioxidants.

- Chris Kilham

source: "Coffee: An effective weight loss tool" by Chris Kilham, www.foxnews.com. March 21, 2012.

topic: Coffee, Class, World, Antioxidants

I'm sorry to say I'm very lizard-like. My skin is dry, so covering my face in greasy antioxidants is a better alternative.

- Sally Phillips

topic: Antioxidants

When my friends have a health concern, they call me. Ive always been a vitamin taker. I also take digestive enzymes and antioxidants, and supplements that help with the thyroid and adrenals for my time-zone changes.

- Carla Gugino

topic: Enzymes, Vitamins, Helping, Antioxidants, Time Zones

For nearly a decade now, I've been teaching others how to thrive by filling their bodies with energizing vitamins, nutrients, minerals, antioxidants, and phytonutrients. Not a day goes by when someone doesn't write me to say, "Thanks, I feel better now, too." Those letters from my readers are my digital cardinals.

- Kris Carr

topic: Teaching, Writing, Feel Better, Energizing, Teaching Others