Showing posts with label antioxidents and health. Show all posts
Showing posts with label antioxidents and health. Show all posts
Eating orange and dark green vegetables linked to longer life
(Reuters Health) - 'Eating lots of orange and dark green veggies such as carrots, sweet potatoes and green beans may be tied to less disease and longer life, suggests a new study.
This time it is not the beta-carotene in vegetables that has the spotlight, but rather its cousin: alpha-carotene. Both are members of the carotenoid antioxidant family. Scientists believe carotenoid antioxidants promote health by counteracting oxygen-related damage to DNA.'
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The Antioxidant that Actually Restores All Your Other Antioxidants
'Co Q10 by itself is also known as ubiquinone. To benefit from the form of the nutrient needed to produce cellular energy and help you reduce the typical signs of aging, your body must convert the ubiquinone to ubiquinol.
Ubiquinol exists everywhere there is life... it's ubiquitous!
The challenge you face as you age is this -- your body levels of CoQ10 continue to diminish.
In addition, your capability to convert Co Q10 to ubiquinol also declines. It becomes more and more difficult for you to produce the ubiquinol you need...'
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