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Antioxidants are your answer to living a healthy life. They are nutrients that slow the oxidative damage to our health by killing off the by-products that cause disease and aging in our bodies. Antioxidants can help fight heart disease, diabetes, cancer, and even vision loss. Even strokes can be prevented or your chances of stroke reduced by 25% by eating five servings of fruit and vegetables every day. The best fruits and vegetables to eat include carrots, broccoli, tomatoes, oranges, and green peppers, among others. Really, there isn’t a fruit or vegetable that won’t give you some form of antioxidant power.

Also, antioxidants are found in nuts and seeds, vegetable oil, soy, red wine, fish and shellfish, red meat, chicken, garlic, and flax seed, oatmeal, barley and rye. If you aren’t sure if you’re eating foods with antioxidants, just make sure to include a grain and plenty of fruits and vegetables in each meal. Fruits that are bright in color are especially helpful. Activities that harm your intake of antioxidants include too much exposure to the sun as well as smoking or second-hand smoke.