In more specific terms - the ORAC is a method of measuring antioxidant capacities in biological samples.
But nobody likes science jargon, so I'll keep this nice and simple for you.
The actual name that ORAC stands for is "Oxygen Radical Absorbence Capacity", which is the ability to "absorb" free radicals that come into your body and basically kill it - causing horrible things like old age, disease, illness, wrinkles and much more.
What Is A Good ORAC Antioxidant Number?
I've found an interesting phenomenon that occurs when eating particular types of food such as fruits and vegetables.
What I've found is that the darker foods almost always have higher ORAC scores than lighter foods.
Here's an example. If you eat a dark plum, it has a higher score than something like a potato.
But in all reality, you shouldn't even be worrying about the specific numbers as much as most people do. In the end it all evens out, so instead of worrying about specific numbers, I highly recommend just focusing on eating darker foods.
With that said...here are a list of foods with very high ORAC antioxidant scores and which I would fully recommend including in your diet.
On the left will be the food, the middle is the serving size, and the right is the ORAC antioxidant number.
Small red beans - ½ cup - 13,727
Wild Blueberries - 1 cup - 13,427
Cranberries - 1 cup - 8,983
Artichoke Hearts - 1 cup - 7,904
Blackberry - 1 cup - 7,701
Prune - ½ cup - 7,291
Again I want to re-iterate that you shouldn't focus on specific ORAC antioxidant scores but instead focus on eating darker fruits and vegetables - do it this way and you simply can't go wrong!
One thing I DO recommend is finding out the "main controller" of all the antioxidants, which is glutathione.
Max Murphy is the online leader of information about the "king" antioxidant - glutathione. For more information on how this amazing antioxidant will change your life - head on over to http://www.Max-Glutathione-Benefits.com