More fruit, juicing and probiotics. question for experts here:) (food, italian, indian)

[dreamofmonterey]

My nutritionist says that people dont eat nearly enough dark berries and anti-oxidants. I know about the Acai, and Pomegranate.

I recently bought PlumSmart bcs whole fruits are sometimes too tart, or taste bitter, etc.

What does everyone else recommend? Any good recipes?


Portion/Anti-Oxidant Level

dried red beans 1/2 cup 13727
wild blueberries 1 cup 13427
dried red kidney bean 1/2 cup 13259
pinto beans 1/2 cup 11864
blueberries 1 cup 9019
whole cranberries 1 cup 8983
cooked artichoke hearts 1 cup 7904
blackberries 1 cup 7701
prunes 1/2 cup 7291
raspberries 1 cup 6085
strawberries 1 cup 5938
red delicious apples 1 apple 5900
granny smith apples 1 apple 5381
pecans 1 ounce 5095
sweet cherries 1 cup 4873
black plum 14844
cooked Russet potato 14649
dried black beans 1/2 cup 4181
plum 14118
gala apple 13903

[annaritag]

I think this is an excellent recipe...I live in Rome and I known the Italian food but this is a particular things with a mix of fruits and I 'm sure that it will be very delicious especially in the summer when we have need some more vitamins and natural sugar ,so we will have a good days if we will eat it every day
thank yoiu for your advice and sorry for my enghlish
thank you

[Cleonidas]

There's a ton of sugar in PlumSmart... A good rule of thumb is that if you didn't juice it / blend it yourself, it's garbage.

[AnonChick]

Also if you consume juice, you're not consuming much fiber unless it's fiber fortified - which makes it an overprocessed food, which isn't exactly the healthiest option.

If you eat the fruit itself, you'll get all the benefits of the fruit including the fiber - with no need for fortification. You'll also be much fuller on a piece of fruit, than you will be on the juice of a piece of fruit.

Eat berries, don't drink berry juice.

[smarino]

Better to eat the whole fruit rather than juicing it. Blueberries are a good source of antioxidants, and inexpensive.

[pacific2]

I like to use Indian gooseberry (Amla). It's very inexpensive and antioxidant rich. I mix it into my smoothie.

[K-Luv]

Originally Posted by dreamofmonterey

...too tart, or taste bitter, etc.

The irony is that in nature "bitter" usually means "don't eat".

[imagineAA]

Some important links:
https://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org...e-and-reality/

https://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/probiotics/