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Health conscious people want to learn more about antioxidants.  They will also often shop for antioxidant supplements, too.and they do it for one simple reason.  They want the benefits that antioxidants can render for their life. But the drawback is that those supplements might not do everything they want.

  What's the big deal with antioxidants

Antioxidants are the nemesis of free radicals. To understand the value of antioxidants, you need to understand how free radicals- rogue electrons- can ruin your health.

Your body is a amazing system. It's made up of organs, like your brain and your liver and even your skin, that each performs a specific job. They all need to do their job for you to be truly healthy.  Your organs are made of living tissue, composed of trillions of cells made up of molecules and their component atoms, each with their proper count of electrons. Molecules are formed when atoms, sharing electrons, bind together, but they can become damaged and give up an electron. This creates a free radical and the atom short an electron will " take" it from the closest source, which means there will be another unstable atom.  Now you've got a chain reaction that if left to continue, will damage the cells within the organ tissue and will inevitably damage the organ.

An antioxidant is a molecule that is able to donate an electron to stabilize a free radical.  An antioxidant molecule will not morph into a free radical itself because it will either remain stable with the missing electron or won't be strong enough to take an electron from another atom.  The chain reaction is stopped.  What's important to understand - to fullly comprehend the scale- is that, according to a well known scientist who studies antioxidants - whose name is Bruce Ames - a cell in your body will be hit up to 10,000 times in just one day by free radicals.  And there are trillions of cells in our bodies.

 This onrush by free radicals contributes to (and some will say primarily causes) many of the acute and chronic diseases that we associate with aging.  Alzheimers disease, acute and chronic inflammation, coronary disease, cancer, type II diabetes, Parkinsons disease, rheumatoid arthritis and some types of dementia can all be traced back to free radical damage. And thats not the full list.

I believe that it's very important to reduce your own production of free radicals, increase your antioxidants and choosing to purchaseantioxidant supplements is one thing you can consider.  But it isn't the whole picture.  You should also:

1- Smarten up.  It's impossible to reverse the damage when you're still causing it, so this would be a good time to slow your production of free radicals and there are lots of things you can do to help.  You can stay away from smoking and second hand smoke, water and air pollution, junk food , substance abuse and even too much exercise.

 2- Eat better.  Eat more fresh vegetables and fruits.  Which ones? This list is long but think green foods and think blue foods.  Think raw and fresh.

3- Buy antioxidants and antioxidant supplements.  Supplements like Vitamins C and E, Resveratrol and Cordyceps are excellent examples of antioxidants supplements that are easy to buy. Research your choices first because sources, quality and usability will vary widely, but you can add them as part of your plan.

 4- Glutathione is the body's Master Antioxidant,but not effective as an oral supplement.  Oral glutathione supplements unfortunately don't make it through the digestive system to be taken into the bloodstream.  Instead you can take a Glutathione precursor like MAX GXL.  You can also help to support your body's production of Glutathione by eating more asparagus and broccoli.

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