| Most of us have heard that antioxidant vitamins have | | | | contain large quantities of antioxidant vitamins. |
| many health benefits and can even prevent cancer. | | | | And there is one more source of antioxidants, a food |
| But getting the correct intake of antioxidants every | | | | that is usually on a "bad for you" list - chocolate. But it |
| day as not as simple as eating your fruits and veggies | | | | has to be dark chocolate; milk chocolate doesn't have |
| regularly. Find out how to take the most advantage of | | | | antioxidant properties. When you eat chocolate, or any |
| antioxidants in everyday life and to stay younger and | | | | antioxidant food, avoid drinking milk at the same time. |
| healthier. | | | | Milk significantly reduces the effect of antioxidants. |
| Cancer can affect anybody, and despite all the cancer | | | | Antioxidant vitamin supplements - are they any good? |
| research there is still no real cure for it. That is why it is | | | | Getting vitamins and antioxidants from natural sources |
| so important for everybody, to take some preventive | | | | is of cause the best. However, with our busy lives |
| measures against cancer. The best way to prevent | | | | many people can't eat as much fresh produce as they |
| cancer is to include antioxidant vitamins into your | | | | would like. Also bear in mind that when you buy |
| everyday diet. | | | | vegetables and fruits during winter months, their |
| We all know how bad free radicals can be for our | | | | antioxidant value is very low. Most vitamins are easily |
| health. But what are they? To put it simply, free | | | | destroyed by light and storage, so tomatoes that are |
| radicals are particles that allow extra oxygen into | | | | sold in a supermarket in December give you almost no |
| human cells, which causes the cells to break. | | | | health benefits, even though in general a tomato is |
| Antioxidant vitamins can stop this distractive process. | | | | considered a good source of antioxidants. |
| Antioxidant vitamins rich foods | | | | In this case antioxidant supplements can be beneficial. |
| All doctors recommend including a variety of fruits and | | | | There are plenty of vitamins and dietary supplements |
| vegetables into your diet. These bring many benefits to | | | | on the market. Some of them are specifically |
| your health, being low in fat and high in fiber. But they | | | | marketed as "antioxidant supplements" others are just |
| are also very rich in antioxidants. Brightly colored | | | | a variety of vitamins. Many multivitamins contains 100% |
| vegetables and fruits contain the most antioxidants. So | | | | of all essential vitamins for your health. Also remember, |
| including beetroot, carrots and red capsicum in your | | | | that Vitamin C is an antioxidant, and multivitamins |
| everyday menu, would serve you a reasonable | | | | usually don't contain enough of Vitamin C. So it makes |
| amount of antioxidants. | | | | since to take additional Vitamin C supplements. |
| Here are foods with highest content of antioxidants | | | | Whether or not vitamin supplements are as good for |
| - cherries, | | | | you as antioxidants from natural sources is debatable. |
| - blackberry, | | | | Some doctors say that by taking antioxidant |
| - strawberry, | | | | supplements you can meet most of your antioxidant |
| - blueberry, | | | | needs. Others argue that supplements are not as |
| - red grape | | | | beneficial as vitamins you get from food. |
| - walnuts | | | | The problem is that vitamins in a pill are not as easily |
| - sunflower seeds | | | | absorbed by our bodies as nutrients we get from |
| - ginger | | | | food. So eating mostly fast food and taking antioxidant |
| - spices | | | | vitamin supplements to compensate is not such a |
| - green tea | | | | good idea after all. |
| - coffee without milk | | | | You can also get natural antioxidant supplements, like |
| Common vitamins like Vitamin A, Vitamin C and | | | | grape seed extract. These are absorbed better, than |
| Vitamin E are all powerful antioxidants, so all fruits rich | | | | synthetic vitamins. |
| in these vitamins should be included. But there are | | | | More health benefits of antioxidants |
| many more, for example red wine and red grape | | | | The best you can do for yourself is to include |
| contains Reservatrol, an important antioxidant. Another | | | | antioxidant rich foods in your diet and take antioxidants |
| great antioxidant Flavonoid can be found in green tea. | | | | supplements if you feel that you need additional |
| So, the most sensible thing to do is to include a wide | | | | antioxidant boost. But only take quality antioxidant |
| variety of different fruits, vegetables and berries in | | | | supplements, when it comes to vitamins they are not |
| your diet. Berries are particularly good, because they all | | | | the same. |