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Today, I’ll be talking about antioxidants. If you would like to look and feel younger, then keep your diet rich in antioxidants. Antioxidants help to fight free radicals in your body. Free radicals are the oxgen fragments that attack and cause damage to life-sustaining proteins, cell genetic codes, and cell membranes of your body. Antioxidants help to prevent against premature aging and diseases. It also protects your brain and nervous system.
You will find the greatest amount of antioxidants in fruits and vegetables. Look for fruits and vegetables that are rich in vitamin E, vitamin C, beta-carotene and selenium. Make sure to eat plenty of citrus fruits, strawberries, potatoes, raw cabbage, green peppers, and leafy green vegetables which are rich in vitamin C. Vitamin E also helps delay your aging process. Be sure to add whole grains, leafy green vegetables, fish oil, wheat germ, seeds, vegetable oil, and nuts to your diet.
You also want to eat plenty of foods rich in beta-carotene including carrots, cantaloupe, apricots, kale, tomatoes, peaches, and sweet potatoes. Selenium is also an important mineral because it helps fight cell damage and is known to prevent cancer.
Foods that are high in selenium include fish, grains, red meat, eggs, garlic, chicken, and shellfish. If you are going to take, a selenium supplement be sure to check with your doctor, as it can be toxic if taken in to large of a dose. Your doctor can tell you what your body needs in order to stay healthy.
Antiaging nutrients that come from plants are called photochemical and phytonutrients. These nutrients are very beneficial to your skin.
Since our body absorbs and processes nutrients less efficiently as we age, women should increase their calcium intake in order to prevent osteoporosis. Men should increase their vitamin C and vitamin E intake to help protect against prostate cancer.
If you are unable to eat enough food to get the minimum daily at requirements for these antioxidants, it is advisable that you take a nutritional supplement to make sure that your body will age gracefully.
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