Anti-Oxidant Rich Foods

Health is a person’s psychological, mental and physical condition.

- Mr. Bridreth Khokhare*

Healthy people are considered to be those who are free from illness and injuries. Good health is of prime importance for all individuals and a great deal of effort is required to stay healthy.

Due to excessive pollution in the environment around us and adulteration in the food that we consume, it is difficult to stay healthy without the help of specific nutritional foods or external nutritional supplements. Pollution leads to the production of reactive oxygen species in our body which damages biomolecules in our cell and tissues. These reactive species and free radicals consist of hydrogen peroxides, reactive oxygen species, superoxides, hydroxyl radicals, etc. Excessive production of these reactive species damages lipids, proteins, genetic material and leads to a plethora of diseases including cancer, atherosclerosis, Auto-immune disorders, chronic degenerative disease, rheumatoid arthritis, neurodegeneration, and hypersensitivity.

To counter these free radicals & harmful reactive species our body requires free radical scavengers known as anti-oxidants. There are many food sources that are rich source in anti-oxidants. Few known anti-oxidants include glutathione, arginine, citrulline, taurine, creatine, selenium, zinc, vitamin E, vitamin C, beta carotene, Bio flavones, carotenoids, and tea polyphenols, etc. Recently there has been growing evidence that shows that intake of anti-oxidants and key traces mineral-rich food does reduce the oxidative stress of the body.

INTRODUCTION