11/12/2019
Antioxidants!
Polyphenols (or flavonoids), the most plentiful and common form of antioxidants, are found in fruit, vegetables, whole grains, tea, chocolate, and red wine.
What antioxidants have in common is their ability to block the action of free radicals: unstable chemical fragments that can wreak havoc on healthy components in your body’s cells. This damage can cause cells to grow and �reproduce abnormally, part of a dangerous chain reaction. In time, that process is thought to play a role in chronic conditions including cancer, cardiovascular disease, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and eye diseases such as cataracts and age-related macular degeneration.
