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

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

•Eat plenty of fresh fruit, especially berries

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

Improve your antioxidant profile by eating the following antioxidant foods;

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

•Do not over exercise

•Take a good antioxidant supplement such as Viral-Protec which will not only increase antioxidant activity in your body but also boost your resistance to colds and other viruses and stimulate your immune system to optimal levels.

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Alternatively you can look at these vegetarian meals that are not only delicious and perfected recipes, but also nutritionally balanced to get a good spectrum of different antioxidants.

Did you know that the Pomegranate is a fruit packed with antioxidants and the juice provides for optimal health by:

•Significantly helping the symptoms of and possibly the development of arthritis?

•Boosting fertility, increasing your immunity against diseases like swine flu, and preventing many types of cancer?

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Glutathione is the most Powerful Anti-aging Antioxidant! Often referred to as the master antioxidant! Glutathione is over 5,000 times STRONGER than any other antioxidant! (This page will open in a new window so don't forget to return to me once you are done)

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