Can someone answer these questions(4) of antioxidants?
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Why would the food industry want to use antioxidants on foods?
Why would the food industry want to use antioxidants on foods?
What foods contain antioxidants?
What are the health benefits of eating foods containing antioxidants?
What is the connection between antioxidants and preventing heart disease?
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What is the connection between antioxidants and preventing heart disease?
Antioxidants used as food additives to help guard against food deterioration
Antioxidants are found naturally in varying amounts, in vegetables, fruits, grain cereals, legumes, nuts etc. Antioxidant sources include:
* Fruits: berries
* Vegetables: peppers and spinach.
* Fungi: mushrooms
* Whole grain cereals: hops, barley, millet and maize.
* Nuts: pecans, pistachios, and almonds
* Cocoa products: chocolate.
* Drinks: Juice, coffee, beer, cider, wines, and teas .
Health preservation
Antioxidants are chemicals that reduce oxidative damage to cells and biomolecules. Researchers have found a high correlation between oxidative damage and the occurrence of disease. For example, low density lipoprotein (LDL) oxidation is associated with cardiovascular disease. The process leading to atherogenesis, atherosclerosis, and cardiovascular disease is complex, involving multiple chemical pathways and networks, but the precursor is LDL oxidation by free radicals, resulting in inflammation and formation of plaques.
Research suggests that consumption of antioxidant-rich foods reduces damage to cells and biochemicals from free radicals.[citation needed] This may slow down, prevent, or even reverse certain diseases that result from cellular damage, and perhaps even slow down the natural aging process. This is the basis for the free-radical theory of aging.
Antioxidants are widely used as ingredients in dietary supplements used for health purposes such as preventing cancer and heart disease. Studies have suggested antioxidant supplements has benefits for health, but several large clinical trials did not demonstrate a definite benefit for the formulations tested, and excess supplementation may even be harmful.