On Food and Cooking

bones

Onions, parsley (responsible    agents  not

yet identified)

Encourage    the     growth  of  beneficial

bacteria    in  the intestine

Onion   family, sunchokes   (inulin)

Prevent  the     adhesion    of  infectious

bacteria    to  walls   of  urinary tract

Cranberries,    grapes  (phenolics:

proanthocyanidins)

Antioxidants in Plants Nowhere in living
things is oxidative stress greater than in the
photosynthesizing leaf of a green plant, which
harvests energetic particles of sunlight, and
uses them to split water molecules apart into
hydrogen and oxygen atoms in order to make
sugars. Leaves and other exposed plant parts
are accordingly chock-full of antioxidant