Category: Antioxidants
Fresh Vegan Beetroot Pasta
Nothing screams more festive than red luscious pasta hand made using natural beetroot powder! Pair it with any greens or green herbs like parsley and instantly you have the festive Christmas colours on a plate!
Butterfly Pea Coconut Rice (Nasi Lemak)
After attempting 15 times, this is the recipe @tofuandvanilla is really satisfied with, in her own words "coconutty enough with a light lemongrass aftertaste", and the rice is beautifully and naturally dyed with our organically grown Butterfly Pea Flower.
Purple Corn Overnight Oats
A healthy brunch idea - chilled oats with our Peruvian Purple Corn 30:1 extract for extra antioxidants, topped with cherries, raspberries and blueberries created by @miss_polkadot
Soft Ombre Buns
Colour lover @bakencookwith3 created this ingenious graduation of ombre colored buns using our Antioxidant Peruvian Purple Corn 30:1 extract. We love how pretty and inviting these buns look!
Cardiovascular benefits of bilberry and blackcurrant anthocyanins combination (Medox®)
A truly unique berry supplement, Medox contains large amounts of anthocyanins from bilberries and blackcurrants that has been clinically proven in multiple double-blind placebo-controlled trials related to cardiovascular diseases.
Bilberry vs. blueberry – what are the key differences?
Bilberry and blueberry may look alike, but there are important differences you might not know. Find out more in this article.
Black rice breakfast pudding
This superfood breakfast pudding made using our fragrant and nutrient dense Heirloom Black Rice flour is easy to whip up and can be served warm or cold.
Are you getting enough antioxidants?
According to research, we need a minimum of 8,000 (female) - 11,000 (male) antioxidant units a day to avoid the state of oxidative debt whereby our body doesn't have enough antioxidants to neutralize the free radicals in our body.
Free radicals, low antioxidant levels and health
Why do we care about free radicals? Free radicals attack important macromolecules in our body (e.g. lipids, nucleic acids, proteins) leading to cell damage and disruption of normal physiological functions. If these attacks are kept unchecked, many diseases may arise as a result of free radical damage. Read on to find out more. What...
Antioxidants – beyond the ORAC scores
Scientifically, Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity (ORAC) is the laboratory standard in measuring antioxidant levels in foods. The ORAC test was developed at the National Institute on Aging (NIA) in the US, the leader in aging research. ORAC in a nutshell ORAC measures the ability of a food to neutralize oxidizing free radicals, per 100g, in a...
