Kashif Khan argues cloves are a far more potent antioxidant than blueberries, with an antioxidant score of roughly 290,000 versus 9,000. The compound eugenol in cloves binds to the inflammatory enzyme COX-2, providing an ibuprofen-like effect without gastrointestinal damage. Chew one or two cloves daily or steep three to four in hot water as tea.
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Everybody says blueberries are the top antioxidant food, but there's a spice sitting in your kitchen right now that is 30 times more. It's also extremely cheap and you can find it in any grocery store. Blueberries score around 9,000 on the antioxidant scale. This scores over 290,000, and it contains a compound called eugenol that binds directly to the COX-2, the same inflammatory enzyme ibuprofen works on, without shredding your stomach lining the way long-term ibuprofen does. In lab work, it's been shown to protect liver cells against oxidative damage. It's so strongly antimicrobial that dentists have been packing it into tooth cavities for well over a century. It even shows activity against bacteria that standard antibiotics struggle with. It's cloves. You can chew 1 or 2 a day, or steep 3 or 4 in hot water and drink it as a tea. And gram for gram, this is one of the most concentrated plant compounds you can put in your body, and it's probably sitting in your cupboard right now. Make sure to follow because I post stuff like this every single day.