The Foutain of Youth

Ever wondered how you get all those wrinkles? Those annoying crow’s feet at the corners of your eyes? Or those laugh lines around your mouth? After age 28, the major source of aging is the production of free radicals. And with age, the amount of free radicals we produce increases. Scientists have determined that very large amounts of free radicals accumulated in your body, may significantly shorten your life span.
A free radical is an unstable molecule that steals an electron from a stable molecule in order to satisfy its need for repair. In doing so, this free radical destabilizes the stable molecule and creates another free radical in a vicious chain reaction of cellular destruction. A single free radical can cause damage to millions of other molecules in you body, preventing your body from functioning properly. This molecular destruction is continually occurring in your body.
Some free radicals arise normally during metabolism. Exercise increases free radical production. Sometimes the body’s immune system’s cells purposefully create them to neutralize viruses and bacteria. However, free radicals attack us from many different environmental sources every day. Some of which are: alcohol, tobacco, prescription drugs, smoked and barbecued food, harmful chemicals and additives in the foods we eat, sun bathing and pollutants in the air we breath. They assault your cells, large enzyme complexes, Vitamin C, and DNA.
Normally, the body can handle free radicals, but if antioxidants are unavailable, or if the free-radical production becomes excessive, damage can occur.

Antioxidants are commonplace in nature. In fact, antioxidants are abundant in more common vitamins such as retinol or Vitamin A, ascorbic acid or Vitamin C, tocopherol or Vitamin E, and selenium. They can be nutrients (vitamins and minerals) as well as enzymes (proteins in your body that assist in chemical reactions). Studies have shown that antioxidants may offer the best protection your body has against damaging free radicals. Antioxidants neutralize free radicals by donating one of their own electrons, ending the electron-"stealing" reaction. The antioxidant nutrients themselves don’t become free radicals by donating an electron because they are stable in either form They act as scavengers, helping to prevent cell and tissue damage that could lead to cellular damage and disease.
Studies indicate antioxidants do more than protect against free radicals; they are believed to play an important role in preventing the development of such chronic illnesses as heart disease, stroke, cancer, Alzheimer’s disease, Rheumatoid arthritis, cataracts, and ward off premature aging.
Although antioxidants cannot completely rid our bodies of free radicals, they can work to minimize the damage caused. Thus, diseases and other illnesses caused by harmful free radicals are avoided and aging is delayed.
The problem is, as we age our bodies produce fewer and fewer antioxidants. Fortunately there is a solution. To maintain our health and well being, it is clearly imperative that we must supplement our diets with natural antioxidants. Antioxidants can be found in fruits, vegetables, whey protein, dark chocolate, and red wine. Because no ones diet is perfect, a good way to fill in the missing nutrients is by taking a good multi-vitamin.

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