Właściwości antyoksydacyjne owoców i warzyw

Agata Wawrzyniak, *Monika Krotki, Beata Stoparczyk

Summary
Epidemiological studies indicate that fruit and vegetables have protective effects against degenerative diseases such as cancer, stroke, cardiovascular disease. The benefit of diets rich in fruit and vegetables could also be due to the avoidance of less desirable components in foods of animal origin, such as saturated fats, oxidized cholesterol, etc., and also to the intake of diverse antioxidant compounds, such as vitamin C and the main dietary carotenoids and polyphenlos. Reactive forms of oxygen can react with different cellular structures cousing oxidative stress, which is responsible for many deseases: neurodegenerative and cardiovascular diseases and many others. So it is very important to keep oxidating-antioxidating action balance. Fruit and vegetable diet high in natural antioxidants might decrease the enhance vulnerability to oxidative stress. Natural antioxidants provided in the diet constitute an additional system to strenghten the bodys natural defense against the development of many diseases. Their use seems to be an opportunity to improve living conditions and reduce the risk of morbidity.

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