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Eat Your Antioxidants

by Angie DiazCervo on January 05, 2012

Eat Your Antioxidants

The season's produce is full of antioxidants, a type of phytochemical that can help prevent illness and thought to help with everything from the common cold to heart disease and cancer. They're nature's way of keeping you healthy! Here are some of the important phytochemicals you'll be taking in when you eat the fruits and vegetables of fall's harvest.

Eat Your Antioxidants

 

Eat sweet potatoes, beets, pumpkin, endive, butternut squash, acorn squash and swiss chard to get a daily dose of carotenoids.

Carotenoids are a type of pigment found in red, yellow, orange and dark green vegetables.

They are antioxidants that decrease damaging free radicals in your body and also serve as a source of Vitamin A. Beta-carotene, alpha-carotene, betalains, lycopene, lutein and zeaxanthin are all types of carotenoids and each provides a unique protective effect on your body. Some protect against eye disease like macular degeneration and cataracts, while others have targeted specific cancers of the body.

5 Comments

Very informative blog. Keep it up it can really save lives now adays.
thank you for posting.

16 months ago

Thank you Al

16 months ago

lovely post thanks for sharing

16 months ago

EXCELLENT INFO....I LOVE IT...MAHALO FOR SHARING...:)

16 months ago