What Are Antioxidants? Do We Need to Take an Antioxidant Supplements?

‘Antioxidants’ is somewhat of a buzzword now. They are a relatively recent discovery. Here, we’re going to explore the topic of antioxidants in more depth. By the end of this blog, you should have a good idea about what we mean by antioxidant, and whether or not you need to taka an antioxidant supplement, such as acai capsules.

What Is an Antioxidant?

An antioxidant is a substance that helps to prevent and lessen the cell damage caused by free radicals. Free radicals are atoms that are missing an electron. This losing of an electron is usually caused by oxygen, thus the link between oxidisation and free radicals. Free radicals move through the body attempting to ‘steal’ electrons off healthy cells to stabilise their state (an atom always wants to be in a stable condition). Antioxidants provide free radicals with their required electron and thus prevent the free radicals from damaging healthy cells.

Where Do We Find Antioxidants?

Antioxidants can be manufactured or they can occur naturally. We can find antioxidants in many types of food, particularly brightly coloured fresh fruit and vegetables – particularly berries, such as those found in acai capsules.

It is important to eat plenty of fruit and vegetables so that you can increase the number of antioxidants in your body and thereby reduce the number of free radicals.

If you cannot eat a balanced diet then a supplement will work. However, it is important that you don’t eat too many antioxidants because while we know that they are essential, we are unsure about the consumption of antioxidants in large volumes. There can be too much of a good thing.

As with everything in life: everything in moderation, even things that are good for you.

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How Do You Choose the Right Vitamin/Mineral Supplement?

The government is about to issue guidelines concerning vitamins and mineral health products. They will advise that we all take a daily multi-vitamin supplement to make up for any shortfall in our diets. This means that more and more of us will start to take a multi-vitamin. Here, we have provided you with some information to help you make the right choice when buying health supplements. Whether you’re buying health products London, Southampton, or any particular town, or you’re buying them online, you need to follow this advice to get the most from your supplement, and to stay safe.

1. Unless otherwise instructed by your doctor, choose a multi vitamin, rather than a single vitamin. This will help to ensure that you plug all the gaps in your diet. You may believe that you lack a specific vitamin, but unless you have your full blood analysed you can never know for sure. It is always better to be safe than sorry. The only exception is if you need to avoid certain vitamins. For example, if you are taking the acne treatment Accutane, you need to avoid Vitamin A.
2. Make sure that the supplement provides almost your recommended daily amount (RDA) of the particular vitamin. It is important that you do not take vitamins exceeding your RDA because dangerous levels can accumulate. This is true of some vitamins and not others, so do your research to find out which vitamins your body stores easily, and which it will flush out (e.g. the body stores vitamin A easily, and so it can quickly build to dangerous levels when taken in excess. This can lead to liver damage. Make sure you take a supplement with less vitamin A than RDA).
3. Whether you’re buying health products London or online, you need to check the ingredients to make sure there are no additives that are dangerous for you. For example, many supplements contain wheat and gluten and so are dangerous for people celiac disease.

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