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Beans are full.(Myth vs. Truth)(black beans)(Brief Article)

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MYTH: Fruits such as grapes, apples and cranberries hold the highest levels of antioxidants.

TRUTH: Antioxidants can be found in a host of foods--and in numbers equivalent to fruits and vegetables. Whole grains offer a good supply of the free-radical-quenching nutrients, So do foods you wouldn't expect--such as black beans. Recent studies show that levels of ...

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