To Prevent Disease And Stay Young Eat a Diet High In Antioxidant Foods

Antioxidants are a group of nutrients (vitamins and minerals) that are found in antioxidant foods and are known to disarm free radicals, weakening the invaders and fighting off certain diseases, and also the effects of aging.

The process of aging and its associated diseases are caused by oxidative damage. Over 100 antioxidant nutrients have been discovered that protect the body from this damage and many of these are specifically antiaging antioxidants.

These include but are not limited to the following vitamins and minerals;

•Vitamin A (also helps to maintain integrity of digestive tract, lungs and all cell membranes)

•Vitamin C (helps immune cells mature, improves performance of antibodies and can destroy toxins produced by bacteria)

•Vitamin E (improves B-and T-cell function)

•Betacarotene

•Selenium ( increases immune boosting properties of vitamin E and is a vital constituent of an important antioxidant enzyme)

•Manganese (involved in twenty enzyme systems in the body most important being that it disarms free radicals)

•Zinc (boosts immune system and makes antioxidant enzyme)

•Iron (vital component of haemoglobin which transports oxygen and carbon dioxide to and from cells)

Free radicals are highly reactive molecules that contain an unpaired electron and are natural by products of activities such as breathing and metabolizing food.

The unpaired electron searches for something to pair with and can therefore damage the body’s cells causing cancer, inflammation, arterial damage and aging.

Antioxidants combine with free radicals before they can damage the cells. Free radicals are also found outside the body and are caused by any combustion process including smoking, exhaust fumes, radiation, frying or barbecuing food.

The balance between your intake of antioxidant foods and your exposure to free radicals may be the balance between a disease free life and a life plagued by degenerative and life threatening diseases.

The following are possible diseases caused by a deficiency of antioxidants;

•Alzheimer’s

•Cancer

•Cardiovascular disease

•Cataracts

•Diabetes

•Hypertension

•Infertility

•Macular (eye lens) degeneration

•Measles

•Mental illness

•Periodontal disease

•Respiratory tract infections

•Rheumatoid arthritis

Improve your antioxidant profile by eating the following antioxidant foods;

•Eat plenty of fresh fruit, especially berries

•Eat lots of vegetables, especially tenderstem broccoli, brussel sprouts, spinach, sweet potatoes, carrots, peas and avocado

•Take a good antioxidant supplement

•Do your best to avoid pollution, smoky places, fried or barbecued food and strong sunlight

•Do not over exercise

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