AntiOxidants

 

What is an antioxidant? (anti-oxidant)

You may have heard about the health benefits of antioxidants, but do you know what an antioxidant is and how they actually work?

Antioxidants include enzymes such as glutathione peroxidase, catalase and superoxide dismutase that your body produces naturally, and diatary supplements including Vitamin C, vitamin E, and A, beta carotene, and coenzyme Q10, that you get from the food you eat - the best sources being fruits and vegeatables. These prevent damage to your body cells or repair damage that has been done.

 

What do antioxidants do?

Antioxidants work by significantly slowing or preventing the oxidative, or damage from oxygen. This is a process caused by substances called free radicals (unstable cells) that can lead to cell dysfunction and the onset of problems like heart disease and diabetes. Antioxidants may also improve immune function and perhaps lower your risk for infection and cancer, ans slow the aging process.

In your body, the antioxidant process is similar to stopping an apple from browning. Once you cut an apple, it begins to brown, but if you dip it in orange juice, an antioxidant (measures -250 on an ORP meter), it stays white. Remember that all food liquids that have a negative Oxygen Reduction Potential (ORP) number are considered antioxidants. The reason that they hold a negative charge is that they have an extra electron (electrons are negative, protons are positive).

 

Antioxidants Neutralize Free Radicals

Antioxidants reduce oxidation because the negative ions (that negative ORP number) attract the positive ions (all free radicals hold a positive charge). Those same negatively charged antioxidant ions bind to the positive free radical ions (acid, toxins, etc) and neutralize them, making the free radicals stable and thus, no longer a free radical at all.

 

Most all of nature's fresh foods, fruits and vegetables especially, are natural antioxidants. Some of the highest antioxidant 'Superfoods' are grapes, garlic, spinach, berries, carrots, tomatoes, broccoli and whole grains because they are rich in nutrients and vitamins mentioned above. Taking chemically reproduced vitamins is NOT the same as getting these vitamins from foods rich in them naturally. Why? It's all about absorbtion. Most sythetic or chemically repordued vitamin supplements are difficult for the body to properly assimilate (make use of). It is this reason why it is so important to eat 7-10 servings of fruits and vegetables each day and find a water source that is also rich in antioxidants. more on antioxidant rich superfoods

 

One of the most powerful antioxidants you can put into your body is Alkaline Ionized Water.

 

What are free radicals? read

 

Learn about the most powerful Antioxidants

 

NanoGreens10 - Ten Servings of Fruits & Vegetables

 

Natural Plant Based Vitamin C

 

Coenzyme Q10

 

Maharishi Amrit Kalash

 

Alkalized Ionized Water

 

 

 

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