Figure
and Vigor for longer
Is
anyone there in the world who does not cherish the desire to prolong his
youthful figure and vigor? Obviously the answer is always in negative. Even
then according to the natural commandment, every creature in the universe has
to undergo through the stages of aging. The skin will
lose its luster, the hair will get grey, wrinkles will start appearing on the
face and other organs will begin to lose their efficiency. But it’s a proven
fact that the youthful vitality may be prolonged over the years with all its
benefits provided we control our daily life with a bit of knowledge of body
metabolism.
Why
and How Aging:-
Every
newborn will start growing aged from the next moment it is born and in course
of time, one day, it becomes old. But still a body has its own mechanism to
fight with the aging factors, of course, with some limitations. One which plays
the most important role to prevent the body cells from being damaged by
counteracting with the aging factors is the Antioxidants. During the course of
our body functioning, number of free radicals is formed. These are primarily
responsible for destruction of body cells. During the process of destruction of
body cells, again further free radicals are formed causing a cyclical adverse
effect on the vitality. Moreover, the factors like busy schedule of competitive
daily life, habit of junk food, smoking and absence of physical labor, not only
contribute to generate more free radicals but also
accelerate destruction of bodily enzymes which act as antioxidants. As a result,
the natural bodily antioxidants fall inadequate to combat and consequently they
can not neutralize all the free radicals. Here lies the necessity of inducing anti
oxidants from outside through food.
Sources of Anti
Oxidants: -
Though medicines are
available for supplying additional antioxidants into the system, but it’s
always advisable to procure the same through daily normal diet. It may be observed that the
daily food what a common man consumes contains plenty of antioxidants. Cereals and pulses have much
copper in them, milk, sea fishes and animal fleshes contain selenium, the rich
source of antioxidants. Other green vegetables like,
cabbage, carrot, pumpkin, tomato, even green chilies are rich in antioxidants. Fresh fruits and also dry
fruits ensure regular supply of antioxidants.
High quality antioxidants
like alfacarotin, lycopin etc are present in green
leafy vegetables which even help to prevent disease like cancer.
Food habit
that matters:-
Controlled and regulated life
style help slowing down the aging process to some extent but, it’s the food
habit which matters most. Animal proteins if consumed frequently
and in plenty, may reach harm notably, since they produce iron components in
the body which in turn catalyzes the oxidation process. And thereby body cells
are getting damaged. Therefore those who consume much animal protein should
increase the intake of vegetables that are rich in antioxidants so that the harm
reached by the animal protein may be nullified to the best extent. However it’s always advisable
to be habituated to vegetarian diet if possible. Again, Vegetables when cooked
become more dynamic to fight the oxidation process rather than in its raw form
since rate of absorption of cooked food is better in the body. Oils and fats may not reach
much harm provided they are consumed in a controlled fashion and there exits no
other secondary diseases. However, deep fry should
always be avoided which will have an adverse effect in the process. Vitamin E and vitamin C are
two common and major sources of antioxidants; hence we should select our fruits
and vegetables which are rich in these two vitamins and thereby to get
more antioxidants infiltrated in our
body.
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