Antioxidants, Which Ones Do You Need?
As you begin to train more regularly and your intensity rises, so do the free radicals floating around your body. Exercise creates massive influx of free radicals into the blood stream and they need to scavenged by various antioxidants.
There are 7 known types of free radicals. I have listed them below with the supplements known to counter act them best. As you can see from the list below there is only one type of antioxidant that attacks 6 out of the 7 and that is Ginkgo Biloba.
1) Superoxide Anion Radical
Supplements: Vitamin C, Green Tea, Glutathione, Maria Thistle, Ginkgo Biloba
2) Hydrogen Peroxide
Glutathione, Maria Thistle, Ginkgo Biloba
3) Hydroxyl Peroxide
Vitamin C, Methionine, Green Tea, Ginkgo Biloba
4) Singlet Oxygen
Vitamin A, Vitamin E, Beta Carotene, Histidine, Maria Thistle, Selenium & Bilberry (assists Vitamin E), Gingko Biloba
5) Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Radical
Beta Carotene, Selenium & Bilberry, Vitamin E, Maria Thistle
6) Organic/Fatty Acid Hydroperoxides
Glutathione, Maria Thistle, Ginkgo Biloba
7) Oxidized Protein
Glutathione, Maria Thistle, Ginkgo Biloba, Sulfhydryl Amino Acids
