Dietary antioxidants that include vitamin C, vitamin E and selenium capsules produce multiple positive effects on sugar and fat metabolism, blood pressure and arterial flexibility (which allows blood to move freely through the body).

One of the effects of theses antioxidant supplements indicated, according to the report that there was an increase in large and small artery elasticity in patients with multiple cardiovascular risk factors.

In short antioxidant supplement to play a beneficial role in heart disease, cancer and other disorders. The message is then to eat healthy food, which by definition implies fresh, and also to take antioxidant supplements.

One of the most important aspects of health care, unfortunately not emphasized enough, is preventing health problems and here is where quality of life and a natural balance is indispensable.

They are a small berry from the Amazon rain forest and are similar to the also popular grape skin antioxidant. TV talk shows and news programs have told you how good they are for you. There are acai berry reviews on the internet, in magazines, and even on TV have told you how to get great deals on these and other weight loss supplements. Many local grocery stores and larger chain stores now carry this supplement. This is one of the healthiest foods on the planet and there are no known acai berry side effects. This article is going to focus on the supplements and juices you can buy in stores.

You can get acai berry supplements at many stores now from specialty health food and supplement stores to big chain stores. If you are shopping at a large retail store, you have to understand that they make their purchase decisions based on profit more than quality. If you are shopping at a health food store, you have to understand that they sell a much lower volume so they have to charge higher prices and may let supplements sit on the shelf a long time before being sold.

You can usually find any vitamin or supplement on the internet from a reputable company for a lot less than a health store and higher in quality than Walmart. Do a little research and get a great supplement on the internet instead of getting whatever you find at the store.

Acai berry juice is the other main form you find acai berry supplements in. You can get pure acai berry puree from companies like Amazon Thunder (which I prefer) and dozens of other companies. You can often get what appear to be really good deals on acai berry juices at the grocery store. The thing you have to look out for is the quantity of acai berry in a juice and the serving size. There are juice blends which have acai berry and other juices as well as pure acai berry juices that are basically watered. You will often find a serving size is 8 ounces compared to 1 ounce for acai berry puree. If you want to get the same amount of acai berry, you will have to buy eight times more of the cheaper juice compared to the premium acai berry puree. This means that the $5 bottle that appears to be so much cheaper than the $30 bottle is actually more expensive because you will have to buy 8 of them.

For the record, I am not a physician and have never had any formal medical training. This article is presented for informational purposes only from my own personal experiences and research. Before starting any new diet or exercise program, you should check with your doctor. You should also pay attention to your body whenever you start something new and keep an eye out for side effects or allergies. Good luck on your health and fitness quest!

Let’s start by talking about acai berries and why they are good for you. The South American rain forest is where you will find these wonder berries growing in the tops of acai palm trees. They are harvested twice a year and have been eaten by the local people for hundreds of years. They are full of antioxidants, dietary fiber, and omega 3, 6, and 9 fatty acids. The antioxidants can help you feel better and have more energy. The fiber helps keep your digestive system regular and can promote weight loss. Omega fatty acids have been shown to have tons of health benefits (that is why fish is supposed to be so good for you). Now that we have talked about all the benefits of acai berries, it is important to know there is no guarantee you will lose weight, but with all the other benefits, you are going to be healthier even if you don’t lose a lot of weight.

What most people refer to when talking about acai berries and weight loss is the popular acai berry weight loss supplements on the market. You can get some of the benefits listed above for acai berries as well as benefits from other ingredients in these pills. Some include hoodia which is an appetite suppressant. Others include green tea which can be a metabolism booster. Some include both, neither, or other ingredients that may help you lose weight. Some people experience great results, some people don’t. If you eat well and do a little exercise, you greatly increase your chances of losing weight.

So does acai berry help you lose weight or not? As I said above, the answer is definitely maybe. If you eat a healthy diet, do a little exercise and take a health supplement like acai berries, you should lose weight. If you take a diet pill but continue to eat fast food 3 times a day while watching TV 8 hours a day, you probably won’t lose any weight. A weight loss supplement like acai berries will help you, but you also have to help yourself.

By: Stewart Hare

The modern food industry rears its animals, grows its crops, manufactures and markets its foods with the impetus to cut costs, produce and sell more products.

To make profit they disregard animal welfare, promote unhealthy eating and advice, contaminate the land and livestock with pesticides, herbicides and antibiotics and go against laws of Mother Nature with genetic engineering and irradiated foods. While the companies involved within the food industry are making fat profits, the majority of western societies are also getting fatter and unhealthier. Rich western countries such as the Unites States and Britain are spending billions of dollars treating diseases such as cancer, yet the cure rate has not gone down and nobody seems to be trying to figure out why people are getting sick in the first place. Such research would no doubt bring up questions about the food we eat and modern day food industry practices.

Animal welfare is the price to pay by intensive methods that the modern factory food industry uses to increase rates of production. Every day 100,000 broiler chickens die prematurely in UK farms due to factory farming methods. In the UK 70% of the 29 million egg-laying birds are housed in battery cages, 35 million British Turkeys are fattened in cramped sheds that contain up to 25,000 birds which results in many ailments caused by overcrowding and 500,000 sows are kept indoors in cramped conditions throughout their lives which causes them to suffer from muscle weakness and lameness. Modern day dairy cows are bred to produce as much milk as possible and when either infertility or ill health set in (partly due by their welfare conditions) they are no longer of use and are culled. This is normally after only 5 short years.

“Industrially produced food appears to be inexpensive, but the pricetag doesn’t reflect the actual costs that we taxpayers bear. Factory farms pollute communities and adversely affect public health, thereby increasing medical costs for those living near such farms—costs that are often shouldered by public budgets.” Sustainabletable.org

For nearly 50 years, antibiotics have been used in farming as disease prevention since the cramped conditions of factory farming are exceptionally conductive to disease. The negative effects that antibiotic use in our food has on human health is now coming to light In the UK most intensively reared animals are given antibiotics on a daily basis. This is mainly as a preventive measure or to treat illness but some are given as growth promoters. The bacteria that live in these animals quickly become resistant to antibiotics. The antibiotics used for animals are similar to those used to combat human health problems and it is becoming more evident that there is a cross-over effect with the bacteria that cause illness in humans. Human bacteria are becoming more resistant to the antibiotics that we use, thus reducing effective treatments.

The genetic modification (GM) of food involves the artificial insertion of a foreign gene into the genetic material of an organism to create a food substance which is more economical to product. There are presently two types of GM crops, one to be resistant to herbicides in order to kill weeds and the other has been engineered to produce toxins to kill pests. In 1996 the first GM crop was grown in the US, now three quarters of the worlds GM crops are grown in North America. Soy and maize are the main GM crops grown in the US and oilseed rape is the main GM crop grown in Canada.

“If you recently ate soy sauce in a Chinese restaurant, munched popcorn in a movie theater, or indulged in an occasional candy bar – you’ve undoubtedly ingested this new type of food. You may have, at the time, known exactly how much salt, fat and carbohydrates were in each of these foods because regulations mandates their labeling for dietary purposes. But you would not know if the bulk of these foods, and literally every cell had been genetically altered!” 50 Harmful Effects Of Genetically Modified Foods

Advocates of GM crops claim that GM crops can provide a solution to world hunger with higher yields and are better for the environment because of their need for less herbicides and pesticides. Unfortunately, the benefits claimed by GM crops owners have not happened but many problems have. The facts are that GM crops do not increase yields and do not reduce the use of herbicides. GM and organic crops can not co-exist, in Saskatchewan Canada GM contamination wiped out the whole organic rape seed sector. In the US many people reported allergic reaction to GM Starlink maize which then had to be recalled with the estimated cost of $1 billion.

Pesticides are chemical substances that are used in modern farming to kill or control pests. Although there are some naturally based pesticides used in modern farming, the majority are made from synthetic chemicals. The usage of pesticides increased after the Second World War to increase food production. Pesticides have a very harmful effect on the environment and on people’s health. Pesticides have a major adverse effect on wildlife and are not only toxic to the pests that they target but also beneficial species, the whole food chain, the entire ecosystem and of course, human beings. Pesticides can adversely affect fertility and human health. Farmers and farm workers are especially venerable to short term poisoning and long term chronic illnesses. Some pesticides are non-toxic when used on their own but combined with other pesticides they can become extremely toxic. Organophosphates are probably the most dangerous pesticides that are used in modern farming and they have been linked to cancer, Parkinson’s disease, decreased male fertility, chronic fatigue syndrome in children and fetal abnormalities.

Food irradiation is the process of food being exposed to doses of ionising energy or radiation to extend shelf life and to kill insects, bacteria, molds and other harmful organisms. Advocates of food irradiation claim that it is safe but the real problem arises with how fresh and safe the food is, as food inspectors have no way of telling if the food is old or contaminated with food poisoning causing bacteria. Irradiation destroys Vitamin C, Vitamin E and the B complex of vitamins. It can cause unpleasant changes in texture, color and taste and not enough is known about its long term affects on human health.”

“Irradiated fruits and vegetables benefit the packer and grocer, not the farmer or consumer. The consumer receives an inferior product that appears fresh, but has depleted vitamins and enzymes.” Organicconsumers.org

In conclusion, the modern day food industry is motivated by profit and greed and as a result animals, the environment and humans are suffering. If a check on the way that the food industry produces its products is not implemented then further damage will be done to the environment and we will also see further increases in degenerative diseases such as cancer as well as an increase in both animal and human suffering.

If you truly understand the extent that the food industry controls what shows up on grocery store shelves and you are ready to stand up and take proactive steps to deciding what is actually in the food you eat, here is what you can do:

Buy Local
Join a Food Co-op
Grow Your Own Food
Buy sustainable, cruelty free, free range organic foods

Buy the Book: Seeds of Deception: Exposing Industry and Government Lies About the Safety of the Genetically Engineered Foods You’re Eating

Stewart Hare C.H.Ed Dip Nu. Bespoke consultations for a healthier natural life website: http://www.newbeingnutrition.com Get a free initial nutritional therapy diagnosis now…

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Here are a few foods you should be adding to your diet, as well as the reasons why.

• Blackberries, and I am not talking about the PDA. I am talking the actual fruit, the yummy berry. They are high in proanthocyandidins and while it sounds like the name of a dinosaur, it is really a type of antioxidant that might prevent cancer and heart disease. These berries also contain ellagic acid that combats carcinogens.
• Tomatoes are high in the hard to come by antioxidant lycopene, which is also found in pink grapefruit. Lycopene has been associated with decrease risk of prostrate, lung, colon and breast cancer. Tomatoes also contain glutathione, which boosts the immune system. Interestingly enough, cooking tomatoes helps make the antioxidants available to the body.

There’s a few more, so

• Walnuts may just be the new wonder food – they beat out all the other nuts when it comes to antioxidant content. Plus they are high in Omega 3 fatty acids, low in sodium, and they’re cholesterol free. Even though they are a super food you should limit yourself to just a handful of nuts a day though.
• You knew it was coming – broccoli is super high in indole -3-carbional (sounds like something my car engine needs), as are other cruciferous veggies like cabbage, cauliflower, kale and Brussels sprouts. Broccoli seems to reduce the risk of breast cancer and other estrogen-sensitive cancers. It is also super high in fiber.
• Red wine and grape juice are both high in the antioxidant resveratol that boost heart health by scavenging those pesky free radicals. Resveratol helps keep blood vessels open and flexible. So raise a glass of red wine and toast to your health. If you don’t drink, have some tasty grape juice.

Eat Your Antioxidants originally appeared on FitSugar on Tue, 03/20/2007 – 7:30am Please see FitSugar for terms for use of feeds.