Best Berries

Compared to popular fruits such as apples, bananas, and mangoes, which of the hundreds of different berries tested have the most and least antioxidant power: blackberries, blueberries, cranberries, crowberries, dog rose berries, grapes, raspberries, strawberries, or Tahitian noni juice?

Image Credit: Scott Bauer, Fir0002, Cjboffoli, NIH via Wikimedia Commons; topicchio and Jeff Kubina via Flickr; Sonja Þórey Þórsdóttir and USDA. Images have been modified.

[meowskull]

My new favorite snack after my daily workout is frozen berry medley. Straw, blue, razz and blackberries. It's like candy. Can't believe I've been missing out on this my entire life.

[mirandama]

Thank you Dr. Greger. Your work is awesome, I apreciate very much all your research about nutrition.

[lozagseby]

Jeesus Christ! I live in Romania and "dog rose berries" (we have a different name "maciese") literally grow around any forrest or bushy areea.Every villiage in the country side is packed with them

[steffee]

Just read the article myself, and am a little disappointed,

"further investigation into each individual food and phytochemical antioxidant compound is needed to identify those which may have biological relevance and the mechanisms involved" and also, "There is not necessarily a direct relationship between the antioxidant content of a food sample consumed and the subsequent antioxidant activity in the target cell".

Damn. Anyone found any studies that suggest there IS a similar/direct relationship between antioxidant content and activity in the target cell?

[psmithchannel]

Dog rose berry = rose hips, berries of dog rose (rosa canina) flower. They're in the top 3 best sources of vitamin C in nature, and not that hard to come by, bought or in the wild.

[hajnalkaberenyi-kiss]

In Europe dog rose berry tea is a commonplace... I've surely had litres of it as a child, especially when ill. I still have it in my cupboard without knowing about all its benefits. I wish we could buy the fruit too :)

[Ridicolosamente]

I never realized grapes were so far down on the nutrition pole.
Only green? Are red/black any better?

[IRosamelia]

Eating green grapes while watching this video... how disappointing 😥🍇

[drec]

Dog rose berries. I would think that's the same as any other rosehips. They're easy to find dried on Amazon and pretty cheap too. They add a nice tartness to a smoothie.

[kylebiggs]

"Dog rose berries", or more commonly known as "rose hips" are actually pretty easy to find!

[alisona]

I was eating blackberries and clicked on this :D

[jacobhinderer]

This is really good to know. I try to eat lots of berries. Daily ideally.

[veganevolution]

How do you measure these antioxidant levels, and do you like to consider the diversity profile of different antioxidant-containing foods? Thanks. Peace+power=good health

[cislordsoyblue]

We have blackberries growing everywhere.

[quantumchang]

How does chokeberries and black mulberries fit into this chart?

[NutritionFactsOrg]

@Ridicolosamente It'd be wonderful if you could post it to this specific video on nutritionfacts. org. This way more people benefit from the response, and I can actually provide you with links (which I can't do on Youtube). Thanks!

[veoni]

Where can i get crowberry? Could you share a link?

[notthere]

Having just looked at the study, I think I'll now fact check everything Dr. Greger publishes.
Because in that study, raspberries and blackberries weren't even analyzed and blueberries only as jam.

All numbers of fresh fruit I've found seem to indicate that blueberries contain more antioxidants than other berries, although the difference generally doesn't seem significant (these berries hover around 2-3 mmol/100g). It probably doesn't matter whether one chooses blue, black or raspberry. Only strawberry seems clearly worse.

[tammytammy]

Where do Wild Blueberries fit on your chart?

[holly]

Is there any good research on berry powder? I don’t like whole berries but I can cope with powder stirred into porridge. I’d be interested to know whether there is an impact on antioxidant content and health benefits when taking berries in powder form, as opposed to fresh or frozen.