Not that we could or even would want to do away with doctors but there’s definitely something to be said for keeping ourselves as healthy as possible and taking responsibility for our own good health. So what’s the big deal about apples? Apples, especially Red Delicious Apples and Gala Apples, are among those "super foods" rich in antioxidants as are blueberries, raspberries, fresh spinach and red beans, just to name a few.
Antioxidants are crucial to maintaining a healthy, relatively disease-free existence. I recently read that Oxidative Stress (a term coined to describe the metabolic effect of the overload of free radicals) is a primary cause of various diseases such as diabetes and cancer and the loss of cognitive ability as we "age". Eating a diet rich in antioxidants is our bulwark of protection from these debilitating diseases.
Our bodies can and do handle a certain amount of free radicals very well. It’s only when we begin to reach a state of overload that the damage becomes severe and disease results. Think of the oxidation process on metal and the rust that develops. That "rusting" process is very similar to what happens to us.
We’re all aware of certain causes of external oxidative stress – cigarette smoking, environmental pollution and the like. This problem exists within us as well as a product of both normal metabolic functions and poor health habits. This is so easily corrected and managed by incorporating super antioxidant-rich foods into our diets on a daily basis such as "An apple a day".
Last year, my husband was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma and I went on a mind-bending quest for information on beating the "beast" of cancer. I remember the visit with his oncologist right after the diagnosis was confirmed when my husband laughingly told her which supplements and foods I was now trying to force on him. I anxiously sat for just a moment waiting for her to say (condescendingly) something to the effect of, "Well it won’t hurt." But, instead, she looked him straight in the eye and very seriously said, "All YOU have to do is do what I tell you to do and what she tells you to do and together we’ll beat this thing." I’ll love her to my dying day. I took home a more cooperative husband than the one I had arrived with. Throughout the chemo and the attendant loss of appetite, he still would eat as much of those wonderful foods and take as many of those supplements as he possibly could. Even though he is now in remission, that diet is his for life and he knows it and feels better for it.
Some of the very best of these super foods are:
The Internet abounds with information on antioxidants and diet. I recommend "tooling along the information highway" for more and better information than I can possibly give you. ~Ari
http://www.arishomespa.com/
Antioxidants are crucial to maintaining a healthy, relatively disease-free existence. I recently read that Oxidative Stress (a term coined to describe the metabolic effect of the overload of free radicals) is a primary cause of various diseases such as diabetes and cancer and the loss of cognitive ability as we "age". Eating a diet rich in antioxidants is our bulwark of protection from these debilitating diseases.
Our bodies can and do handle a certain amount of free radicals very well. It’s only when we begin to reach a state of overload that the damage becomes severe and disease results. Think of the oxidation process on metal and the rust that develops. That "rusting" process is very similar to what happens to us.
We’re all aware of certain causes of external oxidative stress – cigarette smoking, environmental pollution and the like. This problem exists within us as well as a product of both normal metabolic functions and poor health habits. This is so easily corrected and managed by incorporating super antioxidant-rich foods into our diets on a daily basis such as "An apple a day".
Last year, my husband was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma and I went on a mind-bending quest for information on beating the "beast" of cancer. I remember the visit with his oncologist right after the diagnosis was confirmed when my husband laughingly told her which supplements and foods I was now trying to force on him. I anxiously sat for just a moment waiting for her to say (condescendingly) something to the effect of, "Well it won’t hurt." But, instead, she looked him straight in the eye and very seriously said, "All YOU have to do is do what I tell you to do and what she tells you to do and together we’ll beat this thing." I’ll love her to my dying day. I took home a more cooperative husband than the one I had arrived with. Throughout the chemo and the attendant loss of appetite, he still would eat as much of those wonderful foods and take as many of those supplements as he possibly could. Even though he is now in remission, that diet is his for life and he knows it and feels better for it.
Some of the very best of these super foods are:
Blueberries
Apples (Red Delicious with the peel and Gala apples)
Fresh Spinach
Raspberries
Pecans
Red Beans
Tomatoes (When cooked their antioxidants are more potent than when eaten fresh)
All brightly colored fruits and vegetables
The Internet abounds with information on antioxidants and diet. I recommend "tooling along the information highway" for more and better information than I can possibly give you. ~Ari
http://www.arishomespa.com/
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