Which vegetable is the most powerful antioxidant?
March 8th, 2010 | Posted by admin | Category: antioxidant2 Comments
What vegetable, what variety and what colour has the most antioxidant properties?
Super antioxidant fruits and vegetables
Avocado,
Berries,
Broccoli
Cabbage
Carrots
Citrus fruits
Grapes
Onions
Spinach
Tomatoes
Garlic
How shocked were you to find out that grape juice has twice the antioxidant power of orange juice?
February 12th, 2010 | Posted by admin | Category: antioxidant24 Comments
My whole world turned upside down when I heard the news.
I’m speechless. How did I get through life this long not knowing that? Stupid public education.
My wife and I want to deduct an antioxidant drink we sell and give away as advertising. Can we do this?
February 4th, 2010 | Posted by admin | Category: antioxidant4 Comments
Monavie is the drink. We give away a lot, and drink it ourselves so that we can describe it’s benefits.
How much of it can we claim as a business expense, and what type expense is it. We are using TurboTax deluxe.
We do have a proper business and a profit motive. We use business cards, printed materials, internet office and site with Monavie, but our outgo>our income when we count the Monavie we drink as a business expense. We should use it if we are selling it.
If you are in the business of selling this drink yes it is an expense for supplies or advertising. Be careful only use what you give out to potential customers not what you use yourself.
If you sell it you include all of your income. The expenses you have trying to sell it , get the word out are valid.
If these are just co workers and you are sharing what you like, NO it is not a valid expense.
If they are clients that you are shmoozing, yes it is a gift expense but no more than $25 per person in 1 tax year can be used no matter how much you give out or what it costs you. This is true for SCH C or 2106 when it is a gift.
How healthy is it if I take a green tea antioxidant capsule every day and a multivitamin?
January 13th, 2010 | Posted by admin | Category: antioxidant2 Comments
It’s very healthy, especially for the multivitamin. As for the green tea, I would suggest you to take it for about 8 weeks, take 3 to 5 weeks off and take it again. The multivitamin can be taking non stop.
take care
Is there a simple assay that could test the antioxidant content level in various foods?
December 30th, 2009 | Posted by admin | Category: antioxidant1 Comment
I want to perform a science fair project on the possible differing antioxidant content levels in fruits and vegetables before and after being cooked by various methods, but do not know how to test for the antioxidant levels in a relatively cheap and simple way.
I’m not sure how cheap it is, but there are simple assays available. I’ve included links to a couple of relevant articles. You’ll want to visit a local university to read these, and may need a science teacher to help translate them. Basically ignore any method that uses GC, MS, HPLC, or any other method that mentions a machine you’ve never used because chances are you don’t have access to such a machine yet.
That leaves assays that use a dye or colored substrate, which is bleached by peroxide (oxygen free radicals). The idea is, the more antioxidant there is available, the less oxygen free radical there is to bleach the dye. You will still probably need a spectrophotometer, but every high school biology lab has at least one. DPPH or beta-carotene bleaching sounds promising, but I have no direct experience doing this.
Your best bet, if you’re not shy, is to make an appointment with the chairman of the biology (or biochemistry or chemistry) department at your local university, and tell them what you want to do and ask for help. They may not be able to help you, but they’ll know someone who can.