Immune system

Vitamins E and C and beta carotene, known as antioxidants, are considered powerful disease-fighters, capable of slowing down or preventing a number of ailments typically associated with ageing. A growing body of evidence suggests that ageing and decline in immune function may result in part from accumulated damage to cells caused by certain toxic compounds called free radicals. Anti-oxidants seem to counteract or impair the ability of these substances to attack healthy cells, thus avoiding at least some of the damage. Foods containing these nutrients are being linked by science rather than myth to the control and prevention of heart disease and cancer, stroke, cataracts and to the body’s