ORAC unit per day

How much ORAC unit per day – what is the amount of antioxidants we must consume to get daily dose of ORAC units per day?

The advantage of knowing ORAC value of foods is that, it measures the antioxidant activity of foods rather than the levels of specific nutrients like vitamin D, B or E.

Everyday consumption of antioxidant rich foods helps in maintaining the ORAC units in the body. How much ORAC unit per day we need to keep healthy and fit?

Apart from exercising, we must consume healthy foods that are rich in nutrients. As we know plants are major source of antioxidants. Consuming 3000-5000 ORAC units of antioxidants every day will help the body to boost its immune system. Any excess of ORAC units that we consume will excrete through kidneys.  Remember FDA’s recommendation Five a day of vegetables and fruits serving helps the body. It means to get 3000-5000 units of ORAC value we need help of that much amount of produces to be consumed.

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