When people get old, some flat dark brown patches often appear on the face, back of the hands, etc., known as age spots or life spots. Lipofuscin pigments can not only accumulate on the skin, but also invade the inside of the body. If deposited on the blood vessel wall, the fibrous lesions of the blood vessels will occur, resulting in arteriosclerosis, hypertension, and myocardial infarction; if they accumulate on brain cells, they will It affects brain function, accelerates the process of brain aging, and causes memory, intellectual disability, depression, and even dementia in the elderly.

　　The cause of age spots is that the human body is in During the metabolic process, a peroxidation reaction occurs to produce a brown pigment, which accumulates on the surface of the human body to form age spots. If you don''t have long or few age spots, you can only increase the antioxidants in your body.

　　Many vitamins and minerals can play an antioxidant role, such as carotene, vitamin C, vitamin E, selenium and copper. Eating more vegetables and fruits rich in these antioxidants can effectively reduce the occurrence of age spots, especially eating onions often has a better effect.

　　Onions are rich in flavonoids and trace elements selenium, which can remove various free radicals produced in the body.

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　　Research shows that the most ideal antioxidant is vitamin E, which can prevent unsaturated fatty acids from producing lipofuscin pigments in the body. Strong anti-aging function. Therefore, in addition to taking certain vitamin E as prescribed by the doctor, the elderly should also eat foods rich in vitamin E, such as vegetable oil is the best food source of vitamin E. In addition, soybeans, sesame, peanuts, walnuts, sunflower seeds, animal liver, egg yolks, butter, and corn, yellow-green vegetables are rich in vitamin E. However, it should be noted that nuts, animal liver and egg yolk are high in fat and should not be consumed in excess. In addition, tea and some herbs also contain antioxidant ingredients, such as green tea, thyme, listed and rosemary.

　　Antioxidants such as BHA and BHT are also used as additives in food processing. When buying food, pay more attention to the label.