Antioxidants

What are Antioxidants?

Antioxidants plays an important role in the heart disease, cancer and other diseases. They are the chemicals that may protect your cells against free radicals. 

Free radicals– they are the molecules produced at the time of breakdown of food or if someone is exposed to tobacco smoke or radiation.

The damage caused by free radicals is stopped or limited by the use of Antioxidants. Your body uses antioxidants to balance free radicals. This prevents further damage to other cells.

In Ayurveda there are many drugs possessing Antioxidant properties like the traditional Ayurvedic Formulation “Triphala” it is having high potential Antioxidant properties. 

TYPES OF ANTIOXIDANTS-

There are thought to be many substances act as Antioxidants and possibly thousands of substances which areacting like it. Those substances has its own role and can interact with others to help the body work effectively.

“Antioxidant” describes what a range of substances can donot only the name of a substance.

Some of the examples of Antioxidants are as follows-

• Vitamins – A,C and E
• Beta-carotene
• Lycopene
• Lutein
• Selenium
• Manganese
• Zeaxanthin

Plant based food Antioxidants–   

• Flavonoids
• Flavones
• Catechins
• Polyphenols
• Phytoestrogens are all types of antioxidants and phytonutrients.

USES

They play an important role in the following diseases-

• Cancer
• Diabetes
• Heart disease
• Stress
• Anxiety
• Alzheimer’s disease
• Macular degeneration
• Some Chronic diseases etc.

HEALTH BENEFITS OF ANTIOXIDANTS-

They can protect against the cell damage that free radicals cause, also known as oxidative stress.

There are various Activities and processes that can lead to oxidative stress these are as follows-

• Mitochondrial activity
• Excessive exercise
• Tissue trauma, due to inflammation and injury
• Ischemia and reperfusion damage
• Consumption of certain foods, especially refined and processed foods, trans fats, artificial sweeteners, and certain dyes and additives
• Smoking
• Environmental pollution
• Radiation
• When someone is exposed to chemicals, such as pesticides and drugs, including Chemotherapy.
• Industrial solvents
• ozone

These activities and exposures leads to cell damage.

This in turn may lead to:

• An excessive release of free iron or copper ions
• an activation of phagocytes, a type of white blood cell with a role in fighting infection
• an increase in enzymes that generate free radicals
• a disruption of electron transport chains

All these can result in oxidative stress.

The damage caused by oxidative stressis inter-linked to cancer, Atherosclerosis and the vision loss.

The person taking antioxidants in daily life is believed to reduce the risk of these disorders.

The Act of Antioxidants-

• As a Radical scavenger
• Hydrogen donor
• Electron donor
• Peroxide decomposer
• Singlet oxygen quencher
• Enzyme inhibitor
• Synergist
• Metal-chelating agents

Other research shows that antioxidant supplements may help reduce vision loss due to age-related macular degeneration in older people.

SOURCES

ANTIOXIDANT DEFICIENCY

When the body is not taking adequate amount of Antioxidants then as a result the various free radicals that are produced spreads to the other cells and destroys cause cell damage further can cause DNA Damage.

This may cause the enlisted diseases-

• Parkinson ’s disease
• Rheumatoid Arthritis
• Alzheimer’s disease
• Cancer
• Eye Disease
• Heart Diseases

DAILY RECOMMENDED INTAKE OF ANTIOXIDANTS

In order to Stay Healthy and happy life and prevent yourself from various diseases consume the food and Beverages enriched with Antioxidants.

• 4 to 5 servings of Fruit every day
• 4-5 serving Vegetables
• 5 to 10 portion of Grains
• Lemon juice or one lemon per day
• 1 Amla per day

CAC SPECIAL ANTIOXIDANT PRODUCTS-

• DETOX JUICE
• ALOE VERA JUICE
• AMRIT TULSI RASA
• TRIPHALA JUICE

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