ANTIOXIDANTS

Antioxidants are nutrients that protect the body from free radical damage. Free radicals are unstable, harmful oxygen molecules that damage the body at the cellular level. Free radicals get into the body as a result of environmental toxins such as air pollution or contaminated water and soil. They also enter the system as a result of taking in food that has been chemically processed or treated and also as a result of over exercising or stress. Antioxidants protect neurons from free radicals by “pairing up” those unstable oxygen molecules and thereby stabilizing them.

Antioxidants come in the form of vitamins, such as vitamin A, E and C. They are also found in green tea, guarana seeds and other natural fruit and vegetable sources. One of the recent most powerful antioxidants available is the Mangosteen fruit. The Mangosteen fruit is a rare, tangerine sized fruit grown primarily in tropical Southeast Asia. What makes the Mangosteen such a powerful antioxidant? The Mangosteen is a unique fruit. It not only contains trace amounts of many vitamins and minerals, it also contains compounds such as polysaccharides, quinones, stilbenes and xanthones.

Of all the compounds found in the Mangosteen fruit, it is xanthones that have been studied the most, and it is the xanthones that give the Mangosteen its powerful antioxidant properties. Of all the known sources of xanthones, the mangosteen contains over 40 different types of xanthone compounds. Of all the sources of xanthones, the Mangosteen fruit supplies some of the highest amounts found in all of nature!

Now that you know a little bit about antioxidants and free radicals, you must also know that not all antioxidants are created equally. Some antioxidants are more powerful than others. The strength of an antioxidant is measured by ORAC value. ORAC stands for Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity. In other words, how many free radicals can a specific antioxidant absorb, or “stabilize”? The higher the ORAC Value of an antioxidant, the higher the compound’s’s capacity and ability to prevent free radical damage at the cellular level. So you want to be sure that the antioxidant you’re depending on has a high ORAC Value.

Many people, especially women, are aware of the damage free radicals can do to your skin and hair. These same people spend millions of dollars every year on products that provide antioxidants to the surface of the skin and hair in the form of lotions, creams, cleansers, shampoos, etc...some of which may only be in contact with skin and/or hair for a short period of time. What most of these same people don’t realize is that you could get the same, if not better results if you took your antioxidants in a supplement form and began to repair the free radical damage from the inside out. Doing this would prevent and repair free radical damage from the cellular level and as a result you would have younger healthier looking skin, hair and nails.

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