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This article was originally published in the November 2004 issue of Zone Net
Supplementing your diet with extra antioxidants is crucial to our bodies and our immune systems during times when we are more likely to come into contact with cold or flu viruses in packed shopping malls or other public places . Just what exactly are antioxidants? Well, antioxidants are essentially natural compounds that protect our bodies from free radical damage to our cells. This destructive process is called oxidation. Just like many metals oxidize and then rust, our own bodies tend to do Click here to read the rest of this article ... |
What The World is Saying About Antioxidants...
The growing numbers of health conscious people today living more vibrant lives owe much to the efforts and research of certain pioneers who braved ridicule, for without them, many of us now wouldn't be aware of the general benefits of taking antioxidant supplements.
To take a particular notable example, great scientist and humanitarian Linus Pauling (the only man to win 2 unshared Nobel Prizes, one in Chemistry and one for Peace) urged people to supplement with Vitamin C after he became convinced of its myriad of benefits. Pauling personally used Vitamin C for the last three decades of his life, lived
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Everyone has heard the news about antioxidants and their
importance to good health and proper nutrition. It seems the
more scientists learn about antioxidants, the more their value
and potential increases. Antioxidants have shown promise in
everything from preventing heart disease to slowing the
degeneration of the eyes and brain.
Antioxidants work in a fairly straightforward way. What makes
them so effective is their ability to neutralize a group of
highly reactive, highly destructive compounds known as free
radicals.
The production of free radicals is a normal bodily process, and
it is part of the process of breathing and living. Free radicals
are normally neutralized by the body's natural defense system,
rendering
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