Plums and prunes aren't just good for extra fibre; they're also disease-fighting powerhouses. According to the oxygen radical absorbance capacity (ORAC) scale, which measures antioxidant capacites in food, plums offer more antioxidant action than raspberries, pomegranates and conventionally grown blueberries. Early research in vitro from the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry has also linked the polyphenols in plum extract to the destruction of breast cancer cells.
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