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Foods High in Antioxidants keeps you healthy and younger looking
 
All those times you’ve defended yourself after a few glasses of wine with the argument that wine is good for your health, you were actually right. Antioxidants and wine...(read more)
RED WINE IS A GREAT SOURCE OF ANTIOXIDANTS The fact that grape wine is good for health is no secret to modern science. This is one “secret” that has been discovered by the ancient civilizations and passed on through generations. You will be surprised to learn that the process if making wine today is...(read more) |
Food antioxidants at work
When food is metabolized it causes production of free radicals and foods high in antioxidants help to stave off the aging effects and it is a better alternative to calorie rich and vitamin poor diets. Foods high in antioxidants may consist of pomegranates, dark berries, blackberries as well as blueberries and are known to contain high quantities of antioxidants that are ideally suited for persons of advanced ages as well as those that may suffer from male prostate cancer.
ERGOTHIONEINE – POWERFUL ANTIAGING ANTIOXIDANT Ergothioneine is something that aids the human body in removing free radicals that causes much damage to the cells and tissues in the human body. Since white button mushrooms have twelve times...(read more) |
Type of Antioxidants - Enzymes
There are certain enzymes that are antioxidants and these include glutathione peroxides, Superoxide Dismutase and catalase. Some scientists in Russia have made a custom antioxidant that is able to enter the mitochondria and thus prevent damage to DNA. There are also certain foods high in antioxidants and these include small red beans, plums, wild blueberries, black beans, red kidney beans, Russet potato that has been cooked, Pinto beans, and many others including red delicious apples, granny Smith apples and raspberries and strawberries.
ANTIOXIDANTS CAN BE HARMFUL This is not true as some antioxidants, such as vitamin A for instance, can be harmful in large doses. Swallowing an...(read more) |
Diet high in antioxidants
To supply foods high in antioxidants there are many nurtraceutical as well as health food companies producing products that are rich in antioxidants and one such company is Nutraceutical Corporation. Other companies like Natrol and Canprev, Vemma and Natural Health are making supplements that include antioxidants.
SUPREME ANTIOXIDANT FOODS To combat the presence of free radicals the proper food and possible use of supplements are...(read more) |
Department of Agriculture antioxidant foods classification
Recently, the US Department of Agriculture rated certain foods that contained antioxidant capacity in excess of 2,000 to be qualified to be termed as being a food high in antioxidants and these included foods such as cherries, dried plums, artichokes, walnuts, hazelnuts, cinnamon as well as cloves and oreganos. Among vegetables, the top food high in antioxidants was artichokes, red cabbage as well as russet potatoes and it also included nuts like pecans, walnuts and hazelnuts. Also making the list of food high in antioxidants were spices such as oregano, cinnamon and cloves.
Foods high in antioxidants are known as ORAC and may give the cells
protection from oxidative damage. ORAC or Oxygen Radical Absorbance
Capacity is a method of analyzing, using a test tube to measure
total antioxidant power of food as well as other chemical substances.
Foods high in antioxidants such as spinach and blueberries would
help in slowing down the process of aging of both the body and the
brain.
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