Antioxidant Seafood and Marine Plants

Fish, Variety

When I think of antioxidant foods, I would not naturally have included seafood but how wrong I was. I know better now.

Yes, I do know of the rich nutrients found in seafood and marine plants, but did not consider antioxidants as one of the nutrients ... well, I didn't know much about antioxidants then!

Well, now I know, and know that some variety of the antioxidants found in marine plants are unique to marine plants, with high degree of potency.

Examples of Seafood and Marine Plants

Examples of seafood, rich with antioxidants:

Crabs
Fish
Prawns
Shell fishes
Sea Urchins
Sea-cucumber

Dried Sea Cucumber

Examples of Marine Plants, rich with antioxidants - of the more commonly known ones:

Algea
Chlorella
Euglena
Spirulina

Algea

Chlorella

Main Nutrients - Marine Zoochemicals (a.k.a. Seafood)

Depending on the types of Marine Zoochemicals, they would have one or a combinations of the following nutrients:

Antioxidant: Selenium, Copper, Zinc, Vitamin (C,E), Astaxanthin,
Other: Vitamin (C,E), Selenium, Copper, Zinc, Protein, Amino Acids (Omega 3),

Main Nutrients - Marine Plants

Depending on the types of Marine plants, they would have one or a combinations of the following nutrients:

Antioxidant: Polyphenols, Carotenoids, Phlorotannins, Fucoxanthin, Vitamin E
Other: Vitamin E, Calcium, Magnesium, Potassium, Sodium, Sulfur, Manganese, Copper, Cobalt, Molybdenum

Interesting stuff on Marine Foods

Antioxidants use to preserve Seafood

Seafood, a popular cuisine in many cultures, goes rancid quite quickly, especially once processed and not in frozen form.

Commercially, synthetic antioxidants are known to be used to preserved the seafood, especially while in transportation to the markets. As there are health and safety concern with using synthetic antioxidants, natural antioxidants are a better alternative to help preserve the seafood.