Tag: flavonoids
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Antioxidants vs. Oxidants: How to Maximize Your Intake Through Food
Understanding Antioxidants and Oxidants Antioxidants are compounds that counter oxidants. Oxidants, including free radicals, can damage proteins, lipids, and DNA—components essential to life. Over a lifetime, imbalances between antioxidants and oxidants contribute to oxidative stress, a factor linked to aging and diseases such as cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and dementia. The core message is simple:…
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How to Get More Antioxidants from Real Food, Not Supplements
Understanding Antioxidants and Oxidative Stress Antioxidants are compounds that counter oxidants—reactive molecules that can damage the brain, DNA, proteins, and lipids in our cells. A healthy balance of antioxidants helps protect against oxidative stress, a condition linked to aging and a range of diseases including cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and dementia. While metabolism itself creates…
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Antioxidants: How Much You Need and How to Get Them
What antioxidants are and why they matter Antioxidants are compounds that counter oxidants—substances that can damage crucial cellular components such as proteins, lipids, and DNA. A key group, free radicals, are highly reactive oxidants that can contribute to inflammation and cellular wear over time. To support health, your body relies on a balance: enough antioxidants…