Antioxidants are originates in foods that are rich in colors like:
red grapes
grapefruit that is red in color
green leafy vegetables
green broccoli
Beets
crisp green beans
Peas
vegetables like yams, carrots, and dark orange squashes that are a darker orange in color
South American acai berry
You should look for the fruits that are darker in color. The compounds that guard your cells from the various types of oxygen species that occur naturally and damage your body are found in antioxidants. Some of these oxygen species are:
singlet oxygen
super oxide
peroxyl radical species
hydroxyl radical species
peroxynitrite radicals
An imbalance linking antioxidants and reactive oxygen species results in oxidative stress, which is the most important element to cellular damage. Antioxidants are the body's defense against the free radical molecules which cause cellular damage in our body. This cellular damage caused by oxidation leads to aging and sooner or later disease.
Free radicals occur both inside and outside of the body. these harmful radicals build up, due to :
the natural aerobic respiration
metabolism
inflammation
Free radicals are constantly formed in the human body by:
Breathing air
food that we eat and the process of digestion
second hand smoke exposure
the sun
These damaging free radicals are extremely reactive and leave the body open to:
all types of cancer
significant risk of heart disease
degenerative diseases
Research has shown that fruits that are high in antioxidants have components that decrease inflammation and slow the process of aging by preventing and eradicating these free radicals from the body. Acai berry fruit has shown to have the highest antioxidant capacity of any fruit known today. The antioxidants that occur naturally in fresh fruit have shown in research to have the best effects.
Beta-carotene has shown to be a protector of the cell membrane; beta carotene also removes the harmful free radicals from inside the cells. There are significant studies that have linked free radicals to debilitating diseases associated with aging such as:
Alzheimers
Cataracts
strokes
macular degeneration symptoms
Antioxidants, however, stop the chain-reaction and prevent or slow the oxidation process in our body. Antioxidants are compounds of many different chemical structures and are classified into two broad divisions, depending on whether they are soluble in water (hydrophilic) or in lipids (hydrophobic).
Soluble based antioxidants are responsible for protecting the body from cell cytoplasm as well as blood plasma, while the lipid peroxidation is handled by the lipid based antioxidants.
Foods like the acai berry that are rich in antioxidants have been shown in many studies to slow, stop the progress of, and, in some cases, even turn around the effects of aging caused by free radical damage. Antioxidants enhance our immunity, build our muscles stronger, and maintain our bones as well as keep our skin healthy. - 15995
red grapes
grapefruit that is red in color
green leafy vegetables
green broccoli
Beets
crisp green beans
Peas
vegetables like yams, carrots, and dark orange squashes that are a darker orange in color
South American acai berry
You should look for the fruits that are darker in color. The compounds that guard your cells from the various types of oxygen species that occur naturally and damage your body are found in antioxidants. Some of these oxygen species are:
singlet oxygen
super oxide
peroxyl radical species
hydroxyl radical species
peroxynitrite radicals
An imbalance linking antioxidants and reactive oxygen species results in oxidative stress, which is the most important element to cellular damage. Antioxidants are the body's defense against the free radical molecules which cause cellular damage in our body. This cellular damage caused by oxidation leads to aging and sooner or later disease.
Free radicals occur both inside and outside of the body. these harmful radicals build up, due to :
the natural aerobic respiration
metabolism
inflammation
Free radicals are constantly formed in the human body by:
Breathing air
food that we eat and the process of digestion
second hand smoke exposure
the sun
These damaging free radicals are extremely reactive and leave the body open to:
all types of cancer
significant risk of heart disease
degenerative diseases
Research has shown that fruits that are high in antioxidants have components that decrease inflammation and slow the process of aging by preventing and eradicating these free radicals from the body. Acai berry fruit has shown to have the highest antioxidant capacity of any fruit known today. The antioxidants that occur naturally in fresh fruit have shown in research to have the best effects.
Beta-carotene has shown to be a protector of the cell membrane; beta carotene also removes the harmful free radicals from inside the cells. There are significant studies that have linked free radicals to debilitating diseases associated with aging such as:
Alzheimers
Cataracts
strokes
macular degeneration symptoms
Antioxidants, however, stop the chain-reaction and prevent or slow the oxidation process in our body. Antioxidants are compounds of many different chemical structures and are classified into two broad divisions, depending on whether they are soluble in water (hydrophilic) or in lipids (hydrophobic).
Soluble based antioxidants are responsible for protecting the body from cell cytoplasm as well as blood plasma, while the lipid peroxidation is handled by the lipid based antioxidants.
Foods like the acai berry that are rich in antioxidants have been shown in many studies to slow, stop the progress of, and, in some cases, even turn around the effects of aging caused by free radical damage. Antioxidants enhance our immunity, build our muscles stronger, and maintain our bones as well as keep our skin healthy. - 15995
About the Author:
For 30 years, Dr. Jerimiah Crossderd has researched the benefits of antioxidants on the human body. He currently has an acai berry web site where there is a wealth of information on the berry with the highest concentration of antioxidants known to man. He also has a free acai berry advisory site to advise on the best acai supplements on the market today and which ones to avoid.
