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Antioxidant - 4 Natural Ways to Add Them Into Your Diet

It is a known health fact that anti oxidant are extremely beneficial to our bodies. Consuming antioxidants helps to prevent cancer, slows down aging, builds up our immune system, improve organs' health, remove free radical, etc With so much health benefits anti-oxidant gave us, it is still a surprise that not many people do not have enough vegetables and fruits, which are the main sources of anti oxidant.

There is not minimum servings that we are forced to consume everyday. However, some nutrition experts have recommended a minimum of 5 servings of fruits daily.

Here are some natural ways to add anti-oxidant into your diet.

Breakfast to Boost Your Anti-Oxidant Levels

Breakfast does not have to be a boring meal with only toasted breads and scrambled eggs. With breakfast being the most important meal of the day, as it provides the energy for the body to last throughout the day, it is essential that we eat healthy food to kick-start the day.

Try eating cereals mixed in milk. Now throw in some strawberries and a cup of fruit juice. Almost no preparation time is needed. For a change, vary the flavor of the milk and drink different types of fruit juice daily. For cereals, you do not have to restrict yourself to such cornflakes, there are a lot more different varieties to choose from in the supermarket.

With such wide combination of breakfast choices, eating enjoyable and nutritional breakfast with maximum intake of anti-oxidant is now possible.

Lunch and Dinner

These are probably the meals which you consume the most immune system boosting anti oxidant for your body. Before the main course, order some salads. Eating salads can have lots of health benefits for your body's well being. Salad does not have to be a boring green dish. Add in some tomatoes, blue berries or strawberries to brighten up your starter dish. The vitamins and antioxidants that you consume will surely get rid of the free radicals which are harmful to your body.

After the meal, treat yourself to a fruit blend or natural fruit juice. If the meal allows, drink red wine. Red wine is a great blood circulator and source of antioxidant.

Beverages

Instead of drinking soft drinks and cola, drink tea as your choice of beverage. Tea are great free radical fighters as they contains a large amount of anti oxidants. Drinking tea as part of your diet saves your body from damage by free radicals.