Antioxidant Nutrients...What Are The Most Common?

What are some of the most common antioxidant nutrients?



Probably the best known ones are vitamins C and vitamin E, beta-carotene, lutein and lycopene.

They are part of the family of antioxidant carotenoids that are found in fruit and vegetables.

Flavonoids are another group of anti-oxidant nutrients, and they are also found in fruit and vegetables. Are you getting the picture about just how important it is to eat fruit and vegetables daily as part of a healthy antioxidant programme? Remember the 5-a day rule? How about 'eating a rainbow?'

An essential mineral, selenium, is necessary for the body to produce glutathione ...another antioxidant.

The anti-oxidant nutrients that are found in foods and also in the body are coenzyme Q10 and alpha-lipoic acid.

So these are your most common anti-oxidant nutrients.




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