A List of The Best Antioxidant Vitamins and Minerals

What are the best antioxidant vitamins?

First what are antioxidants? In a nutshell they are a group of compounds whose purpose, or role is to fight, protect and guard our bodies against the formation of free radical damage, thus eliminating them.

These molecules cause oxidation in our bodies, which basically means we 'rust' up. This ultimately causes premature aging, diseases such as cancer, Alzheimers etc and many other health problems.

Antioxidants in effect, donate the missing molecule to the free radical, and everyone is happy!

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Of course we need a good supply of antioxidants to counter balance these bad free radicals. The most common and effective antioxidant vitamins to complete the task will be discussed.

The Best Antioxidant Vitamins List

Let's start with probably the best known, or most familiar of the best antioxidant vitamins...

Vitamin C Possibly the most widely supplemented nutrient. Also known as ascorbic acid this vitamin is water-soluble and, unlike most mammals, humans cannot make (or manufacture) for themselves. There is debate as to how much we really need, some say a lot, others say not so much!

Deficiency of vitamin C is very rare these days, as it is found in may foods and other sources. Nevertheless it is a great free radical fighter and a daily recommended intake is about 300mg.

Vitamin A

Not actually a vitamin as such. It's just a generic term covering several different but related compounds. These are fat-soluble vitamins which are also collectively known as retinoids.

We can manufacture our own vitamin A from nutrients called carotenoids.

You can find these in fruits and vegetables that are coloured (mainly) red, orange and yellow. The most common, or best known of these are carrots. High and potent in antioxidants, it is great for healthy-looking skin.

Vitamin E Another generic term for a group of fat-soluble vitamins. Because of this it can be stored in the body where it's found in the blood, liver, skin, brain and sex organs of male and female alike.

Vitamin C works well with vitamin E as it helps to recycle around the body, thus making it more effective. Smoe good food sources are avacados, almonds and wheat germ.

Vitamin D Known as the sunshine vitamin, it is fat-soluble and available in two ways.

We get it from foods such as oily fish, soya products and shitake mushrooms, or we can form our own through sunlight. In fact sunshine is vital for vitamin D synthesis in the skin. Low exposure to sunlight can cause a big deficiency of this vitamin.

Vitamin B17 This vitamin is being hailed as the ultimate cure for cancer. Found in unusual foods such as apple pips, apricot kernels, bitter almonds and some berries. It is estimated that one out of three persons will eventually die from some form of cancer, so vitamin B17 really gets our attention.

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