The Foods to Choose: Antioxidants

Basically fruits and vegetables: eat as many as you can consume at every meal. These should be the mainstay of your meals, taking up at least half of your plate. Also eat as many different types as you can- I personally try to include five or six different varieties at every meal. Do, however, focus mainly on vegetables. While fruit is extremely healthy, too much can raise sugar levels in your diet. Aim for at least twice as many servings of vegetables a day as fruit, if not more.
While raw vegetables are fine during the day, at night it’s best to lightly steam them. Digestion starts to slow at night and steamed vegetables are easier for your system to break down. This might surprise you as it’s often believed that raw vegetables are better for us, but we actually absorb higher levels of nutrients from some vegetables, such as carrots and tomatoes, after they’ve been cooked.
Many of the nutrients in vegetables are found in the peel, so, where possible, I suggest not peeling vegetables such as potatoes, sweet potatoes and carrots. Of course you do need to wash everything extra well if you’re not eating organic to reduce exposure to any pesticides left on the skin.