What are antioxidants?

An antioxidant is a molecule capable of slowing or preventing the oxidation of other molecules. Antioxidants are found abundant in beans, grain products, fruits and vegetables.

Look for fruits with bright color - lutein in some of the yellow pigments found in corn; orange in cantaloupe, butternut squash and mango; red from lycopene in tomatoes and watermelon, and purple and blue in berries.

Agel EXO Gel Nutritional supplement...
EXO is a unique blend of exotic fruits and plant extracts- seabuckthorn, noni, mangosteen, and açai, to name a few. Each is good for you, but they’re even better together, since a wide variety of natural nutritive sources is the way to fully meet your nutritional needs

So enjoy eating a variety of fruit products.

It is best to obtain these antioxidants from foods instead of pills and drugstore supplements. In addition, minimize the exposure of oxidative stress such as smoking and sunburn.

Antioxidants combat oxidation. Oxidation is like rusting iron. In fact the iron enriched bread and pasta has iron filings in it and that crude iron rusts in the body. That's why some iron supplements make a person sick. (Oxidation is a chemical reaction that transfers electrons from a substance to an oxidizing agent- rusting).

Lose free radicals and gain better health.
Antioxidants are essential to living well. They’re also essential to preventing cellular damage, thanks to their ability to neutralize free radicals. What does this mean for you? It means that EXO may help your body deal with the added stress of a hectic lifestyle and an environment full of pollutants. In fact, getting rid of free radicals can actually slow down the symptoms of the aging process.*

Oxidation reactions can produce free radicals, which start chain reactions that damage cells.

Antioxidants terminate these chain reactions by removing free radical intermediates, and inhibit other oxidation reactions by being oxidized themselves.

As a result, antioxidants are often reducing agents such as thiols, ascorbic acid or polyphenols.