Antioxidants and fruits
Today I want you to understand the power anti oxidants and how important are fruits they in our nutrition.
Our resource of antioxidants
Remember always that fruits and vegetables are rich sources of antioxidants, which fight against free radicals and slowed the aging process. Antioxidants have role in reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease, diabetes and cancer. They act on free radicals neutralizing them and take care of blood vessels, helping circulation and thus to protect our heart.
Antioxidants (especially vitamin E) are the ones who help us have a beautiful skin and appear healthy; they are the ones that offer skin elasticity, which means fewer wrinkles. Vitamin E, the most famous antioxidant, is the ally against bad cholesterol and thus we are safe from heart complications, especially of heart attack.
Free radicals and cancer
Various researches have shown that free radicals have relation with breast cancer, stomach, colon, prostate, pancreas, etc. Radicals lead to cell growth and development of cancer. And antioxidants may act on the cancer cells before they spread.
However, consumption of fruits and vegetables does not defense definitively such diseases and don’t bring healing. But antioxidants are those that support the body and strengthen the protective shield.
Men need to eat more tomatoes
A recent study conducted at Harvard University showed that men who consume more tomatoes (the antioxidants) or products that are based on tomatoes, have a factor risk lower by 35% about occurrence of prostate cancer than men who consume very little or no at all tomatoes.