Are you in need of a berry boost?

Fruit and vegetables are vital for maintaining our overall health and wellbeing – and one of their most important jobs is to provide us with a healthy supply of antioxidants. But with 90% of us failing to eat our five-a-day, how can we tell if our busy lifestyles are getting in the way of a healthy antioxidant-rich diet?

Wassen Selenium-ACE with Vitaberry Plus has joined forces with respected nutritionist, Angela Dowden, to develop the ‘Antioxidant Calculator’ – a quick and easy online test thinkvitaberry.co.uk designed to identify whether you’re getting enough antioxidants from your individual diet, and whether you’re in need of a ‘berry boost’.

The clever calculator not only considers what types of fruit and vegetables you are eating, but also the colour and variety you eat, which are important factors when assessing antioxidant intake.

As well as identifying whether you have good, sufficient or poor antioxidant intake, the free calculator also provides bespoke advice on particular kinds of antioxidants you may be lacking based on your individual responses.

Angela Dowden commented: “A diet high in antioxidant-rich fruit and vegetables plays a valuable role in keeping our bodies’ healthy –supporting the body’s natural defences, and offering protection against age-related diseases. But for many of us, it can be difficult enough to keep track of the food we eat on a day-to-day basis, let alone make time to try and analyse whether we are eating enough of the right nutrients.

"The new Antioxidant Calculator provides a quick and easy way to check whether you’re getting what your body needs, and provides handy advice on ways to boost intake if your diet is lacking."

For the times that we struggle to consume enough antioxidant-rich fruit and vegetables, a safe way to top up levels is with a vitamin-packed food supplement such as Selenium-ACE with Vitaberry Plus. This food supplement has been formulated to deliver the equivalent natural antioxidants of three portions of fruit in a single one-a-day tablet, safeguarding antioxidant vitamin and mineral intake.

Selenium-ACE with Vitaberry Plus provides a quick and convenient way to support the body’s natural defences with antioxidants obtained from grape seed extract, blueberries, cranberries, cherries, raspberry seed extract and strawberries.

Priced £5.95, Selenium-ACE with Vitaberry Plus is available from Boots, Tesco, Waitrose and Morrisons.

The free antioxidant calculator can be taken free at: thinkvitaberry.co.uk