The latest scientific discoveries associate the appearance of wrinkles and a decline in overall well being with a process called oxidation, or free radical activity. Those wishing to slow some of the visible effects of aging are keenly interested in squelching as many free radicals as possible.

Oxidation results in the creation of free radicals, unstable oxygen atoms that damage body cells. While the body produces antioxidants to defend itself, increased assaults overwhelm this built-in protective system. Excessive free radicals dramatically contribute to overall decline in well being.

Poor diet is a major source of oxidative stress, with refined sugar, processed foods and highly heated oils as major offenders. In addition, refined or partially hydrogenated oils, margarines, shortenings and foods that contain them cause excessive free radical activity. Stephen Byrnes, N. D., provides the following list of common free radical triggers: Artificial food colorings and flavorings, smog, preservatives in processed foods, alcohol, cigarette smoke, chlorinated drinking water, pesticides, radiation, cleaning fluids, heavy metals and assorted chemicals such as solvent traces found in processed food, and aromatic hydrocarbons such as benzene and naphthalene (found in moth balls).

He also states that physical stress from intensive workouts activate free radical chain reactions. He ends his list with “pollution and various forms of radiation including excess sun exposure. They all produce oxidative stress caused by the creation of millions of damaging free radicals.” Antioxidant-rich foods are a large part of the best defense against free radicals. Fruits and vegetables such as pomegranates, blueberries, raspberries, broccoli, carrots, tomatoes, kale and spinach are potent sources of antioxidants. Other well-known sources come from super foods such as buckthorn, pine bark, green tea and cocoa. Spectra AO tm contains an abundance of antioxidant foods.

SISEL’s Spectra AO contains a broad range of juices from fruits and vegetables that score exceptionally high on the Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity (ORAC) test. When compared to other antioxidant beverages, such as gogi berry and mangosteen and noni fruit, SISEL’s Spectra AO provides a broader spectrum of powerful antioxidants.

Don’t be left out in the rain. Support your body’s defence against those “rusty” free radicals with the great tasting, power-packed, widest variety of powerful antioxidants, Spectra AO.