Health Benefits Of Antioxidants

By Dani Walker

benefits of antioxidants“The amount of antioxidants that you maintain in your body is directly related to how long you will live.”

— Richard G. Cutler, MD

Health Benefits Of Antioxidants

Science has linked more than 60 diseases to oxidative stress caused by free radical damage.  Antioxidants fight this free radical damage and boost your bodies natural ability to stay healthy.

Understand that a high dose of Vitamin C is NOT sufficient – as there are over 2200 groups of free radicals and Vit C only combats a few.  We all need a broad spectrum of fruits and vegetables to receive the many health benefits of antioxidants listed below.

1. Central Nervous System

  • Many cross the blood brain barrier to help protect the brain from free radical damage, thereby helping the brain remain healthy
  • Protect against dementia, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, stroke

2. Heart

  • Help to prevent and reverse heart disease
  • Lower your risk of developing (and dying from) coronary heart disease
  • Indirectly help to lower blood pressure
  • May raise HDL, “good cholesterol”, and lower LDL, “bad cholesterol,” thereby decreasing risk of developing heart disease
  • Help prevent the oxidation of LDL, thereby decreasing cholesterol deposits from forming (atherosclerosis)

3. Lung

  • Help to alleviate lung disorders, including asthma, cigarette smoke-induced injury, emphysema/COPD

4. Circulation

  • Relax blood vessels, thereby improving blood circulation and helping to normalize blood pressure
  • Help to decrease blood viscosity (keep blood cells slippery) and prevent thrombus formation (blood clots from forming), thereby helping to prevent heart attacks and strokes
  • Strengthen blood vessel walls, decreasing the risk of bleeding
  • Increase nitric oxide levels.  Nitric oxide has positive effects on blood vessels, prevents inflammation, helps to lower blood pressure, and improves blood flow to the heart, lungs, kidneys, brain

5. Immune System

  • Boost immune function and protect against many types of infections
  • Have antiviral, antibacterial, antihistamine, and even anti-cancer properties
  • Inhibit the enzyme necessary for histamine production (antihistamine effect), thereby alleviating hay fever, allergy symptoms, eczema, and asthma
  • Generally, shown to dramatically reduce the likelihood of many cancers; also, slow the progression of existing cancers

Health Benefits Of Antioxidants For The Liver, Skin & Eyes:

6. Liver

  • Boost liver detoxification function, helping to eliminate toxins/carcinogens

7. Skin

  • Help keep skin smooth, flexible, and more youthful
  • Reduce wrinkles, sun spots, and decrease risk of skin cancer
  • Strengthen and repair connective tissue and inhibit the body’s enzymes that break down collagen, thereby protecting the skin from age-related injury
  • Help alleviate skin disorders, including sunburn (UV/solar inflammation), general burns, psoriasis, eczema, allergic skin conditions

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8. Eyes

  • Protect against visual loss that occurs with aging, i.e. diabetic retinopathy, macular degeneration, cataracts, degenerative retinal damage (age-related)

Thousands of people are living healthier lives due to the many health benefits of eating an antioxidant rich diet & you can too.   Health Benefits Of Antioxidants

your wellness advocate,

Dani Walker

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