Today, much of the nutritional news on fruits and vegetables revolves around antioxidants and their role in preventing age-related disease. Now supplement and functional food manufacturers are stepping up to the plate to give consumers what they lack: the antioxidant value that had been obtained from fresh fruit and vegetables, but in more convenient forms.
Green tea is proving to be a truly health-promoting food. However, it is far from being alone. Just a few of the other products with significant antioxidant levels include yerba mate, grape seed extract, bilberry, cranberries, garlic, capsicum, hawthorn berries, licorice, artichoke and prunes.