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>> What is Antioxidants?
 If there is any issue that you should be concerned with when it comes to your
health, one of the top issues of all would be antioxidants.
Most people have
heard of antioxidants before and know that they are a good thing, but most
people are not aware of just what they are and the health benefits they offer.
Antioxidants are natural compounds that help protect the body from harmful
free radicals, which are normally kept in check by the function of free radical
scavengers that naturally exist in the body. These scavengers counteract the
effects of free radicals.
Antioxidant and Free
Radicals Pages
on this SiteWhere to find these antioxidants?
Certain enzymes perform the vital function of free radical scavengers. Our
bodies produce several of the enzymes that neutralize free radicals, including
superoxide dismutase (SOD), methionine reductase, catalase, and
glutathione peroxidase.
Phytochemicals and nutrients also act as antioxidants and these include
Vitamin A, beta-carotene and carotenoids, flavonoids, Vitamins E and C, and the
mineral Selenium.
High chlorogenic acid in eggplant was recently found to be a
very effective antioxidant. The hormone
melatonin and some herbs have powerful
antioxidant properties as well.
Fruits, vegetables and sprouted grains are good sources of antioxidants.
However,....
It is difficult to consume enough of these antioxidants to fight the
free radicals that are always being produced by our polluted environment.
Experts thus recommend taking key nutritional antioxidant supplements to
neutralize the free radicals. A high intake of these protective antioxidants is
believed to help the body against cancer.
 How much to take?
Since antioxidants work together in giving the body the protection that it
needs, consuming smaller doses of a wide variety of different antioxidants is
therefore advisable than taking a large dose of a single antioxidant.
Nowadays, daily supplementation with multiple antioxidants is made possible
because of the availability in the market of many good combination formulas..
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