The process of eating foods regardless of how enjoyable the meal is, creates stress on the body-The stress occurs as the body begins to digest the foods and creates what is called oxidation stress. As the digestion process occurs in our bodies, harmful molecules are released known as free radicals.
Studies have concluded that foods that are rich in antioxidants like the acai berry can help in fighting off these harmful and toxic free radicals. The Agricultural Research Service (ARS) has mentioned that it highly recommends people eat at least some kind of anti-oxidant rich food at every meal.
A recent study was conducted to learn more about the effects of antioxidants on after meal, oxidation stress by using clinical studies with healthy female volunteers.
Studies found that blood plasma in the participants declined after eating meals that did not include antioxidants. On the contrary, when the meals were prepared with antioxidant rich acai fruit berry, the blood plasma stayed at the same level.
Research found that eating meals that don’t have antioxidants leads to cellular damage caused by free radicals. Free radical damage is theorized to be the cause of cancer, and other types of diseases.
The experiments were part of a wider experiment that dealt with determining how the human body absorbed antioxidants in cherries, dried plums, red grapes, aside very, strawberries, and wild berries.
Scientist used a method known as ORAC (Oxygen Radical Absorbent Capacity) to delve into the fruits antioxidant concentration and effectiveness.
The US government currently has no standards or recommendations on the amount of antioxidants the human body should consume to fight these harmful free radicals that cause so much free cell damage.
The findings for this case study can be found in the 2007 Journal of the American College of Nutrition.
