Antioxidant vitamins
The antioxidants are beneficial elements for our body that act positively against the effects of free radicals on health, helping in its elimination.
The free radicals they are elements that are produced as a consequence -or result- of cellular oxidation, and although some of them are beneficial, another indeterminate number are very harmful to our health.
Luckily, today we can find a very large variety of natural antioxidants that we find above all in many antioxidant-rich foods.
Although we can also currently acquire antioxidant supplements that bring us their most important benefits or properties, also within this group we find ourselves with antioxidant vitamins. We tell you what they are.
What are the antioxidant vitamins?
Carotenoids
Although carotenoids are not a vitamin in itself, it is an antioxidant precursor of vitamin A.
Vitamin C
It is one of the best known vitamins for its important and powerful antioxidant capacity. We find it in citrus fruits, as well as foods such as tomatoes or broccoli.
Vitamin E
Like vitamin C, it is another of the vitamins best known for its antioxidant action. It helps protect cells from the harmful action of free radicals.
More information on natural antioxidants
- Antioxidant supplements
- Foods rich in antioxidants
- Foods rich in vitamin E
- Antioxidant plants
