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||| The Green Life

(802) 881-0633

67 Main Street
Burlington, VT

Family Cow Farmstand

2386 Shelburne Falls Rd
Hinesburg, VT

Dixie Nutrition

406 W Saint George Blvd
Saint George, VT

Banderas Bay

7 Power Sq.
Proctor, VT

Healthy Living Market

(802) 863-2569

222 Dorset Street
South Burlington, VT

Healthy Living Natural Foods Market

(802) 863-2569

222 Dorset Street
South Burlington, VT

City Market/Onion River Co-op

(802) 863-3659

82 S Winooski Ave Ste 2
Burlington, VT

Sweet Clover Market

21 Essex Way Ste 418
Essex Junction, VT

Healthy Living Natural Foods Market

(802) 863-2569?

4 Market St Ste 1
Southburlington, VT

City Market

82 S. Winooski Ave
Burlington, VT

Sources of Antioxidants

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Q I know how important antioxidants are for my health. I would prefer to get as many as possible through food sources rather than supplementation. Can you suggest an easy way to choose the most beneficial foods?

A Almost every biological function requires oxygen, which supplies electrons to run the machinery of the body. An oxygen molecule that has released its electron becomes a free radical or reactive oxygen species (ROS). When a free radical forms, it becomes irritable and immediately seeks to replace its missing electron. It will do this by stealing an electron from any local protein, fat or DNA molecule. The resulting damage from this free-radical attack contributes to a wide range of illnesses, including heart disease, arthritis, Alzheimer’s disease and cancer.

Antioxidants are molecules that willingly donate their electrons to free radicals. Vitamin E, vitamin C and beta-carotene are the best known of these natural ROS neutralizers. Nutritional science is discovering that there are many other potent natural anti-oxidants present in a wide variety of vegetables and fruits.

For example, when you consume grapes, cherries, broccoli and tomatoes, you ingest flavonoids, whose antioxidant properties have been associated with reduced risks for heart disease and cancer. Polyphenols, found in nuts, berries and green tea, as well as sulfides, carried in onions, garlic and chives, also have been shown to be valuable free-radical scavengers. Anthocyanins, responsible for the deep red, purple and blue colors of cherries, grapes and berries are some of the most effective antioxidants in nature.

The best way to ensure optimal levels of antioxidants in your diet is to consume a wide variety of fresh colored fruits and vegetables. Red tomatoes, orange carrots, yellow peppers, green broccoli, blueberries and purple grapes will bring flavor and nutrition to your body. Good food is better than good supplements.

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Adirondack Marathon
Dates: 9/21/2013 – 9/21/2013
Location:
Schroon Lake
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Adirondack Marathon and Marathon Relay
Dates: 9/22/2013 – 9/22/2013
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Schroon Lake
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Hostas the Flowering Foliage Plant Michael Shadrack
Dates: 6/8/2013 – 6/8/2013
Location:
Thetford Community CenterThetford Center
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Address:
Route 113
Thetford Center

Description:
Hosta - The Flowering Foliage Plant: A talk geared to gardening clubs and plant society members. An introduction to the joys of hostas. Mike Shadrack has been a member of the American Hosta Society since 1992 and is currently Vice-President Awards and Honors. He has also been a member of the British Hosta {e_description}amp; Hemerocallis Society for twenty-three years, is former Chairman and currently their executive Bulletin Editor. He has been growing hostas since 1986 and has been trying to hybridize almost as long. He came to hostas through his other hobby, fish-keeping, when the beauty of hostas reflected in the garden pond was drawn to his attention in a TV gardening program. He now has many more hostas than fish and, with his wife Kathy, now gardens in Western New York at Smug Creek Gardens where they maintain a large collections of modern hosta, daylily and iris cultivars and have a garden devoted to small hostas. ln 1996, Mike retired from London's Metropolitan Police after thirty-two years service and has rarely sat down since. As a police officer he served in many parts of London including Soho in the west and Whitechapel in the east and at Scotland Yard where he was responsible for Public Order and Ceremonial Planning. He is also a qualified London Tourist Board Guide and organizes garden tours both in England and specialized hosta tours in the US. Mike has worked at the London HHS Chelsea Flower Show every spring for many years and is able to offer rare insight into the worid's premier flower show. Another hobby, photography, has led to a library of about 5800 slides of hosta varieties and hosta gardens, many of which have been published in UK and USA catalogues and magazines. In addition, he supplied the illustrations for the Floyal Horticultural Society, handbook 'Hostas'. He is co-author with Diana Grentell and photographer of the book, "The Color Encyclopedia of Hostas, (ISBN 0-88192-618-3) released by Timber Press in April, 20

Onion River Century Ride
Dates: 7/27/2013 – 7/27/2013
Location:
Montpelier
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Dates: 6/9/2013 – 6/9/2013
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