An Apple a Day is No Longer Enough - Free Radicals vs Antioxidants

Why It's Important to Eat Your Fruits and Vegetables

Only 14% of U.S. adults and 9.5% of U.S. teens meet the government's goals for eating enough fruits and vegetables, according to a new CDC report. The key goals are to eat at least two daily servings of fruits and at least three daily servings of vegetables.

The real reason fruits and vegetables are so important to us, especially in today's modern world, are that they are rich in antioxidants.

There's a battle being waged inside you with significant implications on how you age and the overall quality of your long-term health. In one corner are free radicals. Free radicals cause damage to the cells and DNA in our bodies. Free radical damage has been linked to accelerated aging, cataracts, heart disease, many forms of cancer and more.

Environment factors, like the exposure to chemicals and pollutants, create even more and more free radicals. In fact, research shows that in today's modern world, an average of 91 industrial chemicals may accumulate in our bodies over a lifetime.

In the other corner are antioxidants that protect cells from free radical damage.

In today's modern world, of high stress, poor diets, environmental pollutants, and longer life spans, the free radicals are winning. And even if you did eat the recommended servings of fruits and vegetables, the antioxidant protection from one's diet doesn't cover all your needs.

However, there is good news. Phytonutrients, specialized compounds found in fruits, vegetables, plants and especially beneficial new classes called flavonoids and carotenoids - have been discovered to provide the body with powerful antioxidant protection. It takes nature's most potent phytonutrients working together to deliver maximum whole-body, anti-oxidant protection.

Shaklee delivers just that in its Antioxidant Wellness Pack, featuring FlavoMax and CarotoMax.

FlavoMax delivers an unprecedented six key classes of flavonoids. Flavonoids are very potent antioxidants that have been linked to healthy blood circulation, strong capillaries, and veins and overall cardiovascular health. Flavonoids also deliver antioxidant protection to blood and blood-rich tissues, such as the liver and the intestines.

An Apple a Day is No Longer Enough

Flavonoids are found in plant parts not typically consumed: seeds, peels, flowers, and bark. For instance, the average daily intake of flavonoids is only 20 mg while our FlavoMax provides over 300 mg of flavonoids.

And even if you do eat the daily servings of fruits and vegetables every day, you could never get the level of antioxidant potency that's available to you now through supplementing with FlavoMax. To get the same amount of full-spectrum flavonoids from food as you do from FlavoMax, it would require you to eat the following fruits and vegetables every day: 213 cherries, 31 cups of blueberries, 27 medium limes, 31 cups shredded cabbage and 2,355 medium carrots!

CarotoMax is a Multi-Carotenoid Supplement combining six of the most beneficial key carotenoids for even greater anti-oxidant protection. It's a powerful antioxidant that contains unique concentrated extracts from tomatoes, micro algae, oil of palm, and marigold, among others. It supports a strong immune system, reduces the risks for heart disease, promotes lung health, reduces risks of prostate and cervical cancer, reduces risk of macular degeneration, aids in detoxification of the liver. It helps maintain overall wellness and long-term health of the eyes, heart, skin, lungs, prostate and cervix.

One serving of CarotoMax provides the beta carotene equivalency of 125 bananas, the lycopene equivalency of 2,830 apricots, the carotenoid lutein and zeaxanthin content of 162 pink grapefruits, the alpha carotene of 102 cups of raspberries and the carotenoid astaxanthin from one serving of salmon.

Together, FlavoMax and CarotoMax provide the greatest antioxidant protection available in the world today! For more information or to order the Antioxidant Pack click here.