Antioxidants are
a popular choice in health supplements. There’s good reason for this. They have
a very important role to play in good health.
Here, we’re going to take a closer look at the antioxidant and explain exactly what they are, how they help us to stay healthy and where we can source them.
Here, we’re going to take a closer look at the antioxidant and explain exactly what they are, how they help us to stay healthy and where we can source them.
Antioxidants:
What Are They?
Antioxidants
prevent the spread of free radicals. Free radicals damage healthy body cells.
How does this work?
Our bodies
naturally create free radicals. Free radicals are atoms that are missing an
electron. An atom is stable when it has a set number of subatomic particles
(protons, neutrons and electrons); it is unstable when it has the wrong number
of one of these particles. When an atom
lacks such a particle it will bump around into other atoms looking to release
the particle and to stabilise itself, but while doing this, it makes the other
atom unstable. When this happens in the human body, it is literally damaging
cells by disturbing the atoms within these cells.
An antioxidant
has an additional number of electrons. It looks to give it away to another atom
that’s lacking such an electron. Therefore, it has the additional electron
required by the free radical. When it finds a free radical it ‘gives’ away the
spare electron and prevents the free radical from causing further damage to the
cells.
Where Do We
Find Antioxidants?
Antioxidants can
be man-made, or they can be found in various foods and supplements, such asacai capsules. They are particularly prevalent in brightly coloured fruit and
berries. This is why you will often see supplements such as acai capsules,
cranberry juice and blueberries touted for their antioxidant effects.
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