During normal metabolic functions, highly reactive compounds called free radicals are created in the body. However, free radicals may also be introduced from the environment. These compounds are inherently unstable since they have an odd number of electrons. To make up for their shortage in electrons, these...
It’s a continuing puzzle even for scientists why people who eat lots of fruit and vegetables are less likely to develop diseases like cancer and heart disease. Sure, fresh fruits are generally low in fat and high in fiber, but it’s much more than that.
Recent studies have shown that part of the...
Did you know that cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death for African-American men and women? The disease claims the lives of over 100,000 annually. Perhaps due to this alarming number, much of scientific researches conducted in the US today have recently been focused on how antioxidant vitamins...
For years now, man has been dependent on nature for his source of nutrients essential for his health. Plants are where we get most of our foods and our medicines, relying on them almost entirely for developing our bodies to their full potential and at the same time reducing the causes of degenerative...
We’ve read about them, read about them, and perhaps even talked about them with our friends. Antioxidants, it seems, have created quite a huge wave in the scientific community that is devoting countless journals and magazine articles about their many benefits.
Antioxidants are substances that work on...
With such a variety of choices of foods rich in antioxidants, which are the best antioxidant foods?
In my opinion, there are not just one or two foods you should be eating to fight those free radicals. Rather, eating a combination of several foods will establish a strong groundwork in your system and of...
The vitamins have some antioxidant properties and therefore a lot of research is on for their use to the body for their antioxidant properties. However ideally due to their several uses you should always maintain a proper amount of intake for them.
The role of the antioxidants
The main need of the...
Do we need antioxidant dietary supplements?
Study after study has revealed no real benefit to taking antioxidant dietary supplements. With antioxidants being found in many widely available foods, we have the ability to gather enough antioxidant intake not to warrant taking extra supplements.
In fact, an...
There are so many benefits to antioxidants. Not only do most antioxidant rich foods taste great, they are also fantastic for your insides and outside.
Just a few of the benefit of antioxidants are their anti-aging properties, their skin clearing abilities and of course, the possibility they can help prevent...
Antioxidants are the substances that reduce the oxidants from the body. These prove to be harmful to the body as they damage it through various mechanisms. The free radicals are very damaging and they damage all the cells that may face them. Moreover, some types of lipoproteins for a deposition on the inner...
Antioxidant has become a household word. Everyone has heard of antioxidants but does anyone really know what they are and which foods are high in antioxidants?
A short definition I have noted down is that antioxidants are “substances that protect cells from being damaged by oxidation”. Oxidation...
Antioxidants are the vitamins and minerals that come from foods that we eat. These antioxidants fight free radicals (unstable oxygen molecules) which cause damage to the skin cells and other cells in the body.
When your skin cells are “attacked” by free radicals, this will lead to bad skin...
