"In layman's terms, free-radicals are bullies that start pushing everybody around, and encourage nice cells to become bullies as well. Just like most conflicts, the results are "free radical waste products" made up of our broken, injured and deformed cells. If our cells are weak, it is natural that our organs, tissues and skin of the body will likewise become weakened."

 

Antioxidant find their way into the body mostly through the foods we eat. Have at least 5 servings of fruits and vegetables daily, because they slow down, or even prevent, the oxidation of other molecules. Antioxidant substances include:

**Beta-carotene

**Lutein

**Lycopene

**Selenium

**Vitamin A

**Vitamin C

**Vitamin E

**Alpha Lipoic Acid

**Melatonin

Foods High In Antioxidants

Make sure to incorporate as many antioxidant rich foods as possible into your daily diet, such as:

In natural health though, we look at the body as a whole and say that your body is already full of foreign materials and free radicals, but they are kept in check, or balance because antioxidants will "disarm" the harmful stuff… thus keeping your body "in balance."

Just like your colon has good and bad bacteria in a beneficial balance, but will get unbalanced if harmful foods are introduced, so we also get sick as the amount of free radicals become greater than the antioxidants fighting them, causing an "imbalance" in the body. And like the balance of colon bacteria (good versus bad), the health of body tissue, and hence its' capability to be struck by serious disease and premature aging, is influenced by the success of the free radicals' ability to overwhelm antioxidant tissue defenders.

Because they work in every cell in every part of your body, there doesn't seem to be a health issue that doesn't respond to antioxidants. So, the best solution to combating imbalance in the body is through proper exercise, and a nutritious diet with the right amount of antioxidants.