Basically, human beings have a natural antioxidant in the body. However, antioxidant production cannot meet the body's needs. Need "bodyguard" obtained from additional food intake.
Healthy lifestyle expert Dr. Phaidon Lumban Toruan said there are two things that caused fatal because of the lack of free radicals. Premature aging of cells that lead to cancer and death due to malfunctioning of the body's cells.
Phaidon recommend that you add this vitamin to prevent dangerous two things above.
Vitamin A
The main source of vitamin A from green vegetables such as spinach, yellow squash, carrots, and sweet potatoes. Besides vegetables you can add menus banana, mango, and papaya. Or milk, chicken, eggs, and liver.
Of all the vegetable and animal sources, vitamin A found in carrots. The content of beta-carotene in carrots acts to fight free radicals and cancer.
In his book, Secrets of a Healthy Sustainable Latest, Phaidon, reveals that eating carrots regularly can reduce the risk of lung cancer by 80 percent, and colon cancer by 55 percent.
Vitamin C
This vitamin helps the digestive enzymes as antioxidants that speed up the movement of white blood cells and immune cells. The goal: to reduce the risk of infection.
Not only that, vitamin C also form a collagen booster bones and teeth. Vitamin C also works to absorb iron. For the consumption of fruits like oranges, kiwi, mango, tomato, papaya, and guava.
Vitamin E
Vitamin E plays a role as an antioxidant that controls white blood cells and red blood cells. If blood cells are very low, the nervous system and muscles work of weakness. In addition, impaired organ function that causes difficulty walking and pain in the calf muscle.
For women, the body needs vitamin E to doses 8 mg per day. While on pria10 mg per day.
Selenium
this vital mineral also works as an antioxidant to protect the body's cell membranes on the negative effects of free radicals. Not only that, selenium can also destroy the cells that contribute to developing a chronic disease.
The main source of selenium for wheat, brown rice, and oatmeal, meat, and seafood