Antioxidants

phytonutrients &

antioxidants

What's the big deal with antioxidants? Read more below.

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What are antioxidants, and how do they AFFECT me?

Understanding Oxygen

For years, researchers have known that the largest cause of wrinkles, ailing joints, arthritis, heart disease, and even cancer stem from the same deterioration process that occurs in non-human subjects. The cause is oxidation, and molecules called free radicals are the main culprit.

It's ironic that the same air we need to live causes metal to rust, fruits and vegetables to turn brown, and your body's cells to age and weaken. Oxygen provides abundant health and long life when it is paired with antioxidants. When polluted oxygen is drawn into the body, or after it's used for metabolism, chemical changes to oxygen occur. The molecules lose electrons, making them unstable. These unstable molecules are called free radicals, and the damage they cause is called oxidation.

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Why are free radicals a problem?

There are many reasons why disease and premature aging are so prevalent. Environmental factors such as car exhaust, UV light, pollution, and airborne chemicals are just a few. Internal stress caused by a hectic lifestyle in another. Free radicals multiply so rapidly that they begin to greatly outnumber antioxidants and trigger the oxidative process that deteriorates our bodies inside and out.

  • Tip the Scale
    If external sources of antioxidants are added from raw fruits and vegetables, the scales can be tipped.
  • Fruit & Veggie Servings
    We need 9 or more servings of fruits and veggies per day to combat free radicals. On average we eat 1-2 per day.
  • Already Eating Healthily?
    Even if you are careful with what you put in your body, it's likely you still aren't doing enough.

Antioxidants in fruits & vegetables

Antioxidants are the worker components that make up the majority of a phytonutrient compound in fruits and vegetables. They are molecules that have an abundance of electrons.

When the antioxidant molecule enters your bloodstream, it travels around and bumps into free radicals. Instead of getting damaged (oxidized) like other molecules, the antioxidant offers up a spare electron, which balances out and neutralizes the free radical. This stops the cascade of oxidation. The amazing natural structure of antioxidant phytonutrients is nature's answer and protector.

  • Early Discovery
    In the 1980's-90's it was discovered that select vitamins acted as antioxidants.
  • Lab Created
    Upon discovery, they began making them in labs instead of staying true to nature, making the answer incomplete.

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