As spices go,
cinnamon tends to get top billing as an antioxidant superfood—and it’s true
that it’s rich in these beneficial compounds, which can combat inflammation and
repair cell damage from harmful molecules called free radicals.12
But other common
spices are antioxidant power players in their own right. Here’s a closer look
at them.
1. Cloves
Ground cloves are
particularly rich in antioxidants. While laboratory measures of a food’s
antioxidant content don’t reveal how the body absorbs or uses them, ground
cloves do have a higher Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity (ORAC)—one way
scientists assess antioxidant levels—than cinnamon, according to Seema Shah,