Antiaging & Antioxidants

When we eat and the food is processed in our digestive tract for energy, our bodies produce and give off substances called free radicals. These substances contribute to aging and certain bodily and degenerative diseases. A healthy diet counteracts the natural process of fighting free radicals through antioxidants

Antioxidants are powerful tools that help us to look younger and feel healthier; they boost the bodies systems, fighting free radicals and are key players in our antiaging regimes. Good sources of antioxidants come in many of the healthy foods we all seem to know are good for us, and make a point of eating more of, but quickly pass up for the junk food and crap as time wears on. Food’s rich in vitamins A, C, and E are a sure-fire way to make sure our expensive antiaging products aren’t being negated by poor diet and lifestyle, as well as other anti-oxidant rich sources like green tea, coenzyme Q10 and grape seed extract…

Making sure you get your antioxidants

Green Tea

This powerful health tool serves many purposes, is relatively tasteless, and personally I got off a heavy coffee addiction with this wonderful stuff. Other teas are heavily processed compared to Green Tea, and it is jam packed full of antiaging benefits such as fighting mental & physical fatigue brought on by lack of proper nutrition and fitness, regulating blood sugar levels, and help to keep that cholesterol in order!

Vitamin-A (Retinol)

An important nutritional staple in a good antiaging diet, vitamin-a along with its sister beta-carotene plays a heavy role in immune system efficiency. Found in highest concentrations in fruits and vegetables, popular vitamin and anti-oxidant rich carrots, pumpkins, spinach and sweet potatoes are delicious as a bonus!

Vitamin-C (Ascorbic acid)

An easy to get but often neglected nutrient, vitamin-c serves too many healthy purposed and antiaging causes to pass up. Cardiovascular troubles, HIV, and cancer are more predominant in people lacking a proper intake of vitamin c throughout their lives.

With good Skin health, antiaging, and various other pathological and physiological conditions being associated with vitamin-c and antioxidants, you better be getting enough of this specific nutrient in such delicious sources as citric fruits, peppers, broccoli (maybe not so delicious to some!), strawberries, kiwi’s, etc…

Vitamin-E

An often misunderstood and overlooked nutrient and anti-oxidant rich source, vitamin E is definitely important being attributed to such common health problems and solutions. Healthy natural oils, spinach, various seeds and whole grains can be easily obtained and are quite delicious and the proper levels of this vitamin can be obtained easily with the right dietary choices!

Flavonoids

These powerful little nutrients are thought to be a wonder dietary item that not only have the effect of enhancing the benefits, absorption and actions brought on by VitaminC, but also can be attributed to healthy bile production, assisting in fighting common allergens, as well as promoting healthy circulation and having a mild antibacterial effect in our bodies.
Stock up on these useful nutritional tools with such foods as tea, onions, broccoli and fruits like apples, berries and of the citrus family

Grape Extract

This is another nutrient that I personally love, and it is worth your time to look into getting some grape seed extract as a dietary supplement, as it has been directly linked with aiding in degenerative and deteriorative diseases and effects.

With the added incentives of stabilizing collagen (control cells, why body systems regenerate and wounds heal) as well as elastin (what allows skin to return to original shape after stretching or contracting) you can see why this is an important nutrient with bonuses we don’t want to neglect!

More to come!