This month I'd like to continue the topic of supplementing your diet with an emphasis on the role of antixoxidants, and a look at suggested mineral supplements. In case you haven't heard, antioxidants are making the news these days in both the public and scientific press. Recently, researchers stated that extra vitamin C had demonstrated a beneficial effect in preventing heart attacks the group studied was taking 300 mg per day. Somewhat ahead of my time, I have been an antioxidant champion for at least ten years. Before going further, I want to take a science break to describe what antioxidants are and what they do.
Antioxidants prevent oxidation.
That's simple, but the name probably told you that. What it didn't tell you is how very important it is to prevent oxidation. Leave home for the rest of the day, noting the appearance of your specimen. This result is visible evidence of oxidative damage, the kind of oxidation that antioxidants prevent. These same types of chemical reactions occur within our bodies all the time unseen and unfelt.