Researchers Discover Cactus Pear Fruit Keeps You Younger Longer

August 25, 2008

Whether we’d like to accept this or not, we truly are what we eat. So it makes sense to put healthy foods in our body instead of junk food that will only make us look older before our time. This junk food leads to oxidative stress which is a major cause of accelerated aging. One top food that is known to reduce oxidative stress is cactus pear fruit (opuntia ficus-indica).

Scientists in Italy have proven that cactus pear reduced oxidative stress in healthy persons. They also found that cactus pear fruit helps balance a healthy oxidative state in your body while it lowers oxidative damage to lipids. This fruit will definitely improve your antioxidant status.

Eating cactus pear fruit also works to increase the vitamin E levels in your body. Scientists aren’t sure how, but researchers found that persons who took either vitamin C supplements or cactus pear fruit ended up with higher levels of vitamin E at the end of the study.

In the end, scientist concluded that cactus pear fruit will improve your oxidative stress and keep you healthier, but that taking vitamin C supplements at a same dose does not affect the body’s oxidative stress as much. So, eating a food is better than having to take the supplement. (Of course, there are times when only a supplement will do due to the type of supplement you need.) But in this case, food wins.

In the special report ‘Rejuvenate: Turn Back the Clock‘, you will learn about the “real” top foods which scientists have researched and have proven to be the most helpful in anti-aging. Learn more and start getting younger today at http://www.turn-back-the-clock.com


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