If you're wondering why there
seems to have been an influx of health and wellness products emphasising their
antioxidising properties in the past few years, you're probably not alone.
And though it may seem like a
clever marketing ploy to get you in a panic, oxidation in your body has
dangerous effects and enriching your diet with foods and supplements to aid
your body's antioxidising efforts is important.
Related: Antioxidants
The bad guys at the root of it
all are free radicals that are the result of natural biochemical reactions but
which can also be generated by drinking alcohol, smoking, eating fried foods,
and exposure to air pollutants and pesticides.
Although free
radicals are naturally occurring in our bodies, they can cause major damage because when they
latch onto healthy cells, they compromise their normal functions through the
process of oxidation.
And because free radical
reactions (oxidation) in our bodies can lead to the deterioration of healthy
cells that in turn lead to degenerative diseases including
various cancers, it's important to decrease your exposure to
free-radical-generating substances as well as increase your body's chances of
fighting their harmful effects with, you guessed it, antioxidants!
It's important to note,
though, that your body needs a balance of free radicals and antioxidants to
function, so you can't and shouldn't eat with the aim of completely ridding
your body of the former.
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