Purple Corn Health Benefits

Did you know that your body naturally produces antioxidants? And did you know that your body also naturally produces oxygen free radicals? That's right. The good news is that our bodies can handle all free radical activities in our bodies. The bad news is that it's for a limited time only. Like a product promo: good while supplies last. The worse news is that free radicals increase as we age while our natural antioxidants do not. In fact, they even decrease with age.

Your body naturally produces antioxidants but sometime in life they start being produced less until production plunges down to zero. That's when you get too old or near your death. All the while that your body decreases in antioxidant production, you get more free radicals, both from within and without. You breathe in pollution daily, eat junk or cholesterol-rich food, eat food with chemicals (even fruits and veggies), drink alcoholic beverages or softdrinks, smoke or get side-stream smoke, drink acidic water, you are subjected to more stress, and you get older. That’s among other factors that help free radical entry into your body system.

But you don't get new batches of antioxidants. You know when you stop producing antioxidants naturally? Experts say at age 25, or somewhere in that age vicinity. So in your body, antioxidants get outnumbered in their battles against free radicals on a daily basis. Until they're gone. That's when you get stage 4 this or that disease, if not both.

Okay, so you begin to eat more fruits to load up on antioxidants. Good! But not too good. Fruits and veggies today are mostly grown in acidic environment--farms applied with chemical this and that. And chemicals do not get eliminated in cooking, much more when eaten raw. Wash them all you want, the chemical stays on them. So, you help reinforce free radicals more instead of sending in a fresh reinforcement of antioxidants. Tragic. Oh, by the way, nutrition experts say many dried fruits have more antioxidants in them, like prunes and raisins, than eating them fresh, like plums and grapes respectively.

But do eat fresh fruits for their fibers, vitamins, and minerals.

So you see, even if your body naturally produces antioxidants, they're never enough to ward off free radicals that cause deadly diseases. And eating fresh or dried fruits isn't enough either. You need to supplement. Studies show that people who supplemented on antioxidants were smarter and more logical, even with advanced age. This shows that they're not that affected by aging. As you age your body decreases antioxidant production. That weakens your body and brain functions. But if you're smarter (or at least remain smart) as you age, that means you get enough antioxidants to fight off oxidative stress caused by free radicals.

And talking of antioxidants, among the most powerful in the world is Anthocyanin. It powerfully prevents oxidative stress, especially LDL oxidation. Once LDL gets frequently oxidized, you get more susceptible to ailments. Now, the champion when it comes to anthocyanin content is purple corn grown in Peru. No, you don't need to go to Peru. We have it right here in the Philippines in juice form--yes, purple corn juice sourced straight from Peru. Your body naturally produces antioxidants, but you need to supplement.