Antioxidants...

... as an answer to the question why vegetable-fruit diet works miracles

Antioxidant its a group of natural substances that can delay or even prevent cell damage. For example:

•   Vitamin A
•   Vitamin C
•   Vitamin E
•    Lutein
•  Beta – carotene
•  Selenium

chart from www.huffingtonpost.co.uk

How antioxidant helping us?

They are preventing cells from damage, they are fighting with diseases for us.

As well, in laboratory and animal studies, the presence of increased levels of exogenous antioxidants has been shown to prevent the types of free radical damage that have been associated with cancer development. 

Its only showing how amazing they are.If you want to read more about it CLICK

Scientist still are not sure if this amazing substances making vegetable and fruits so beneficiary for us.

I found this short video for you. I found it quite helpful to understand how it works :)

References:

C.J. Clark "What Are the Best Fruits From a Nutrition Nerd's Perspective?" www.huffpost.co.uk

"Antioxidants and Cancer Prevention" National Cancer Institute 

"Antioxidants - Topic Overview" WebMD

M.A. Dunkin, B. Nazario "Super Foods for Optimal Health" WebMD

"Antioxidant" National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health www.nlm.nih.gov

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