Food & Nutrition: Culinary Techniques, Diets & Metabolic Health

Nutritional health is achieved through the therapeutic use of whole foods, safe culinary preparation, and understanding the metabolic impacts of specific dietary frameworks and ingredients.

Diet and Nutrition

What Foods & Drinks Are High in Antioxidants?

Published Jul,08 2011 | By Sondra Clarkson

Free radicals are harmful molecules that can be anywhere, including in the air you breathe, cigarette smoke or the foods you eat. Antioxidants protect the body’s cells from damage due to free radicals.

Sondra Clarkson is a registered and licensed dietitian. She completed her undergraduate degree at Western Illinois University in 2005. She obtained a Masters Degree from Eastern Illinois University as well as completed her internship at Passavant Area Hospital in 2007. She has more than five years of clinical experience as an outpatient dietitian and a consultant dietitian.