Free radicals are harmful pollutants and toxins that accumulate in your body everyday. It enters the system in many ways, including, eating high cholesterol foods, breathing in polluted air, smoking, drinking alcohol, even leading a stressful lifestyle.
Exposure to free radicals damage the cells in your body and is referred to as oxidative stress. A way to combat the unhealthy effects of oxidative stress is a high anti-oxidant diet which neutralizes nasty free radicals in the system. High levels of anti-oxidants are found in a variety of fruit and vegetables some much more than others. Embarking on such a diet is the first step in detox and living healthier.
The health benefits of a good detox diet will naturally aid the body to flush out the harmful toxins and poisons, which cause weight gain, poor skin, diseases and bad bacteria.
To begin detoxing, drink plenty of mineral water each day and embark on a high antioxidant diet. This does not mean dramatically changing your diet to eating loads of fruit and veg, but you can purchase a superfood supplement such as acai berry, a tropical fruit of the Amazonian Rainforest. Acai berry is classed as a '#1 superfood' because of its extremely high anti-oxidant levels and multiple health benefits. Among the benefits of consumption of the fruit are:
- Reduces aging of the skin and rejuvenates skin cells
- Promotes a healthy immune system to fight of diseases
- Improves stomach digestion and improves your metabolism burning off excess fat
- Natural weight loss
- Keeps the heart healthy and reduces risk of heart disease
- Excellent for it's anti cancer causing properties
- Is good for people with diabetes
Acai berry has become popular and is classed a superfood because it has one of the if not the highest concentration of anti-oxidants among all fruits. You can consume it in various forms directly eating the fruit, which you don't see in many supermarkets, or you can buy drinks and smoothies containing acai berry. To get maximum exposure and maximum effect, however, would be to buy a concentrated acai berry supplement. There are many acai berry daily supplements available from health stores, but with added fillers and additives. Pure Acai Berry Max, on the other hand, is 100% pure freeze dried acai berry with no additives or fillers, only 100% pure acai berry.