If you are into slow down your aging process in a natural way this article is for you!
Antioxidants:
Antioxidants are compounds that slow down oxidation, a chemical reaction that can produce free radicals and chain reactions that damage the cells of organism.
Our body often produces free radicals in the process of breaking down nutrients to create the energy which allows our bodies to function.
All those free radicals get neutralized by antioxidants produced by our cells. Antioxidants what they do basically is find free radicals and give them an electron to shut them up and make them stable again.
Antioxidants include: beta carotene, lycopene, vitamin A, C and E.
Free radicals may accelerate diseases of aging, cancer and stroke.
That is why increasing the consumption of antioxidants is so important for our health.
Anti-aging food list:
Blueberries, Broccoli, spinach, beets, carrots, sweet potatoes, artichoke, goji berries, spirulina and chlorella(algae), kale, matcha green tea, pink fruits like papaya, flax seeds, nuts like walnuts. Dark chocolate.
Vitamin C
Vitamin C is an antioxidant that helps protect your cells against the effects of free radicals, molecules produced when your body breaks down food or is exposed to tobacco smoke and radiation from the sun, X-rays or other sources.
Our body needs vitamin C to form blood vessels, cartilage, muscle and collagen in bones.
Consuming food that contains Vitamin C, help slow down early skin damage and improve the appearance of wrinkles, dark spots and acne. Also Increase our Vitality.
Our body doesn’t produce vitamin C, we need to get it from food.
Vitamin C is also vital to your body’s healing process.
Food rich in Vitamin C:
Orange, lemon, grapefruit, kiwi, mangoes, broccoli, guavas, blackcurrants, kale, papaya, Brussel sprouts, Sea-Buckthorn.
