Easy way to Up Your Antioxidant Intake
Here is a good tip on an easy way to increase vegetable intake which is very important to healing your arteries. Growing up you may have been told to eat your greens, but what about your reds, oranges, yellows, whites and blues? The more different colored fruits and vegetables you eat, the more different health promoting properties you are getting.Eating a wide range of colorful vegetables and fruit provides essential vitamins, minerals, fiber and phytonutrients (plant-nutrients) that your body needs to promote good health and thrive! Low Sodium V8 ® 100% Vegetable Juice provides vegetable (large glass every day) juices from the following major color groups: Red GROUP—tomatoes and beets – provides powerful, natural antioxidants.
The antioxidant Lycopene is found naturally in tomatoes, and helps protect against cell damage. Orange GROUP—carrots — delivers vitamin A (alpha— and beta—carotene) to help maintain vision and a healthy immune system. Green GROUP—V8® provides a sampling from this group of spinach, celery, lettuce, parsley, and watercress — when consumed in sufficient quantities, it helps round out your diet with other vitamins, minerals, and natural antioxidants.
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Despite numerous studies carried out on the role of antioxidants in cancer and heart disease prevention, the jury is still out as to which groups of people, if any, benefit from taking antioxidant supplements. Your best bet is to eat a diet rich in fruits, veggies, and whole grains. Sweet potatoes, carrots, spinach, cantaloupe, and mangoes are great sources of antioxidants.
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