Barbecue salsas "are great for your health"

955AM GMT twenty-four March 2010

A investigate by a group of biologists found that renouned salsas and marinades enclose a range of spices, fruits and vegetables that enclose healthy antioxidants.

These are containing alkali compounds that quarrel diseases compared with old age such as cancer, heart problems, strokes, Alzheimer"s, arthritis and cataracts.

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Antioxidants are well known to quarrel damaging molecules called free radicals that repairs the body"s cells.

The study, at the University of Western Ontario in Canada, found that grill salsas are packaged with healthly mixture that can progress the body"s defence system.

Research group personality Dr Raymond Thomas pronounced "Herbs and artificial flavouring are glorious sources of antioxidants, but calculating approximately expenditure rates can be formidable deliberation they are not in all used up in large quantities, compared to fruits and vegetables.

"Instead, they are used in comparatively small amounts as mixture in recipes and formulations such as piquancy mixes and marinating salsas that raise food flavour."

He pronounced incompatible estimate methods during manufacture, length of marinating time and bearing to assorted sorts of in progress can significantly change the antioxidant standing of these products and, consequently, the volume of antioxidants accessible to consumers.

The group was means to show for the initial time the stroke of marinating and in progress beef on the antioxidant standing of 7 opposite renouned brands and flavours of brine containing artificial flavouring and artificial flavouring as first ingredients.

Each is ordinarily accessible at supermarkets underneath assorted code names and includes jerk sauce, garlic and herb, sugar garlic, roasted red pepper, lemon peppers garlic, sesame ginger teriyaki and immature seasoning.

His investigate found high quantities of antioxidants in all 7 sauces.

Even though in progress marked down the antioxidant qualities of the salsas by about half, tests after grilling showed they still enclose poignant amounts of health boosting compounds.