· Oxygen, essential for running different vital systems of the body, often, within the human body, exists as free radicals which always tend to get oxidized. Beyond a normal level, such oxidation can sometimes prove to be carcinogenic and harmful for the cardiac systems. Antioxidants like vitamin A, C, E and selenium essentially deactivate the harmful free radicals of the human system and prevent them from causing cell damage and development of harmful medical conditions like cancer, heart diseases and stroke. This is important as these diseases are gradually on a steep rise in America, irrespective of age.
Antioxidants are essentially substances that are capable of counteracting the harmful effects of excessive physiological oxidation processes occurring in tissues of organisms and thereby, they significantly reduce the chances of suffering chronic diseases like cancer, heart diseases, Alzheimer’s disease, cataracts and Rheumatoid arthritis. When food products rich in antibiotics are consumed, the antioxidants behave as “free radical scavengers” and not only prevent the free radicals from causing harm to the system but also repair previous damages done by these radicals. Moreover, by enhancing the immune defense system, Antioxidants lower the risks of falling susceptible to various cancers and infections. Looking into http://www.agcommoditiesinc.com/index.htm will inform you on some commonly found food items rich in antioxidants.
While some free radicals are produced naturally in the body as by-products of inter cellular reactions, others may enter the human system due to lifestyles led and habits formed. Excessive consumption of alcoholic beverages, cigarettes and unhealthy foods increases this entrance of free radicals. Also exposure to too much sun and pollution and suffering excessive stress levels also increases the number of free radicals in human system.
When Antioxidants like those contained in Organic Wheat Grass Powder are regularly taken as part of the daily diet, by binding themselves with the free radicals, the antioxidants greatly reduce the destructive powers of the free radicals. By breaking down oxidants to hydrogen peroxides and the latter to water, minute oxygen particles and gases, Antioxidants eliminate them from the body as toxic waste matters.
http://www.agcommoditiesinc.com/index.htm tells you of some vegetables and food products rich in antioxidants. Food ingredients containing antioxidants like Organic Wheat Grass Powder, Organic Alfalfa Powder and Organic Oat Grass Powder and those with functional ingredients like Organic Barley Grass Powder and Spirulina Fine Powder are some of the commonest derivatives obtained from different types of green leaves and grassy plants which along with providing the body with natural vitamins, minerals, enzymes and amino acids also reduce cellular and tissue damages faced due to exposure to harsh radiations. While some food bars are enriched with food ingredients containing antioxidants,
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