- Dried cherries (1/4 cup) Picked from orchards in the Great Lakes region, cherries have twice as many antioxidants as red grapes and may help fight arthritis. Try: Welch’s Dried Cherries, $4; supermarkets Try: Whole Foods Market Raw Brazil Nuts, $5; Whole Foods stores
- Dried yacon (1/4 cup) This Peruvian-grown vegetable looks and tastes like a dried Granny Smith apple. It’s high in cancer-fighting flavonoids and digestion-promoting chlorogenic acid. Try: Navitas Naturals Raw Dried Yacon Slices, $5.95; Whole Foods and Vitamin Shoppe stores
- Dried goji berries (1/4 cup) This tart Chinese fruit (think cranberry meets green tea) provides 18 amino acids, which help maintain and repair body cells. Try: Woodstock Farms Natural Goji Berries, $7; grocery and health food stores
- Cacao nibs (1/4 cup) Grown in the rain forests of Ecuador and Peru, this raw chocolate has up to four times the flavonoids of more processed varieties, helping to lower blood pressure. Chocolate-covered nibs are sweeter. Try: Natural Zing Raw Organic Cacao Nibs, $9.90; naturalzing.com; Dagoba Organic Chocolate Covered Cacao Nibs, $9; select health food stores Trail mix recipe nutritional info per 1/4 cup (makes 6 servings): 146 cal, 3 g pro, 17 g carb, 7.5 g fat, 1 g sat fat, 0 mg chol, 3 g fiber, 14 mg sodium (Posted June 2007)
