We talk a lot about how important it is to drink antioxidant-rich alkaline ionized water from EOS water ionizers. But what is an antioxidant? Why are antioxidants important to your diet?
Antioxidants occur naturally in wine, chocolate, fruits, vegetables, and even coffee. There are literally thousands of antioxidant compounds that can be found in foods and beverages. Flavinoids are found in chocolate. Lycopene is found in tomatoes. Resveratrol is found in wine. You may not know that other antioxidants are vitamins such as Vitamin A (beta carotene), vitamin C, vitamin E and catechins.
Antioxidants are healthy to our body because they prevent or stop cell damage caused by oxidants. Oxidants are free radicals that occur in our environment, but did you know they are also naturally produced in our body?
Your body creates oxidants to help fend off viruses and microbes in our cells. Too many oxidants, however, will damage our cells and increase what is called oxidative stress. Oxidative stress is a precursor to serious health problems such as adult-onset diseases like heart disease, diabetes, and even cancer.
Besides our body naturally producing accidents, we also get oxidants from air pollution, emotional stress, alcohol, contaminants in our drinking water, physical stress like too much exercise, and a bad diet (like too much fat and protein).
Antioxidants are very healthy and you can find them naturally in blueberries, cocoa, green tea, black pepper, kiwi, pumpkin, red peppers, and even coffee. If you can add some of these foods and beverages to your everyday diet, you will help your body maintain a natural balance of antioxidants to oxidants.
An unexpected source of antioxidants is herbs and spices. When you had some oregano for flavoring, you are also giving your body antioxidants. If you don’t have a list of antioxidant foods in front of you, just try to pick foods and vegetables that have a variety of colors.
Another way to add antioxidants to your diet is to take a supplement that is rich in antioxidants. Or, Protandim helps your body produce more of the enzymes that clean up oxidants in your cells.
One really great way to add antioxidants to your diet without having to take a supplement (which may have some side effects), is to get an EOS water ionizer, which creates antioxidants naturally in your drinking water. An EOS water ionizer also cleans up your drinking water to 99.99% purity, so all of the nasty contaminants never make it to your body, which reduces oxidation.
You have to drink water at least 8 ounces every hour, so it makes sense to drink water that is full of antioxidants. Unless you live next to a glacial stream or next to the Fountain of Youth in Lourdes France, you’re drinking water doesn’t have any antioxidants in it. Tap water and bottled water is stagnant water that has been sitting around for too long and all of the antioxidants have fizzled out.
What is an antioxidant? Something that fights oxidants. So, to fight oxidants, eat a colorful diet and consider taking Protandim. And since the only way to restore antioxidants to your drinking water is to use a water ionizer, consider getting an EOS water ionizer, makers of the highest quality water ionizers on the market!
To your health!
