P.O.R.N. Diets

I am coining this term as I feel some of the diets out there are so radical they need to be discussed in one place.

We here from our favorite celebrities daily and some of us live for this. We follow them on Twitter, talk about them on Bebo and MySpace or e mail each other about them especially when a new diet is talked about.

There have been some over the top radical diets in the past like the 'Air diet', not a very popular one for obvious reasons unlike the 'Chocolate' diet. Then there is the more main stream 'Atkins' diet or 'The Dash Diet' or even 'The South Beach Diet'. All have there plus and minus points and their advocates and nay sayers as well.

The trick when it comes to diets if there is a trick in selecting one would be to thoroughly research the topic. The mere fact that there literally are thousands of diets commercially available shown on television, billboards or even your local Chemist shop.

Here will be many, many articles pertaining to the topic of P.O.R.N. Diets circulating our media and your opinion on them is most welcome. Maybe you have been on one and would like to praise it or maybe warn others away from it. Whatever you may like to share, diet related, please do.

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Interesting Antioxidant Advantages And The Astounding Acai Berry

By Kathy O James

Antioxidants play a important function in our good health by protecting the cells in our bodies from oxygen free radical damage, which in turn bolsters our immune system. The acai berry contains one of the peak antioxidant capacities of any food found in the natural world.

The ORAC scale or the Oxygen Radical Absorbency Scale is the way that food is measured for antioxidant activity. Foods are assigned a number corresponding to the ORAC capacity. The acai berry contains one of the record ORAC's of any singular food.

Antioxidants help your body in the pairing of free radicals, which are unstable molecules that are absent one or more electrons. The lack of the essential electron makes the molecule extremely variable and disadvantageous to our bodies. An antioxidant will fasten itself to the free radical, thereby donating the absent electron that it needs. This is a continuous and infinite process as free radicals are continually being formed.

We have to thus constantly supply our bodies with more antioxidants if we are to put off the tribulations of oxidation. Oxidation is essentially the process that causes free radicals. It always involves oxygen and it creates the free radicals. Oxidation is the very same course that will turn an apple brown when it is open to the elements to air. This is one thing that contributes to diseases and the problems typically linked with aging.

Our bodies require antioxidants to turn around and put off the troubles from free radical and oxidation damage. However, our bodies cannot manufacture them and we can only get them from our diets. Antioxidants must be provided by our diet.

Many foods are high in antioxidants. Spinach, blueberries, cranberries, pumpkin and more are all abounding in antioxidants. The intense colors of nature offer clues as to the antioxidant capacities of a food. The deep greens, brilliant oranges and reds, and the deep red and deep purple colored fruits and vegetables are all high in antioxidants.

The acai berry is very high in an antioxidant called anthocyanins, which is the intense purple pigment responsible for the colors of berries, red cabbage, grapes and other foods. Purified anthocyanins have been proven to be favorable for weight loss in controlled studies involving laboratory mice. They also give many other wellbeing-promoting benefits.

The acai berry and the numerous acai berry products can be a great addendum to a healthy diet, however you should always embrace a wholesome diversity of high antioxidant foods in your diet.

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