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This article was originally published in the November 2004 issue of Zone Net
Supplementing your diet with extra antioxidants is crucial to our bodies and our immune systems during times when we are more likely to come into contact with cold or flu viruses in packed shopping malls or other public places . Just what exactly are antioxidants? Well, antioxidants are essentially natural compounds that protect our bodies from free radical damage to our cells. This destructive process is called oxidation. Just like many metals oxidize and then rust, our own bodies tend to do
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Antioxidants are a class of nutrients that protect the body from damage caused by different factors, most importantly oxidative damage caused by substances called free radicals. Free radicals are known as "reactive oxygen species", or ROS. They are produced when your body uses oxygen for energy. Just as fire emits smoke as a by-product, ROS are emitted from the conversion of oxygen to energy in the human body, eventually causing oxidative damage to body systems. Free radicals are also created when the body is exposed to pollution, cigarette smoke, car exhaust and other harmful environmental toxins.
There are different types of
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Antioxidant vitamins perform many important tasks that our bodies benefits from. In recent years, a great deal of research has been done concerning the abilities of the antioxidant vitamins to prevent certain diseases, ranging from cancer to heart ailments.
Antioxidant vitamins perform many important tasks that our bodies benefits from. In recent years, a great deal of research has been done concerning the abilities of the antioxidant vitamins to prevent certain diseases, ranging from cancer to heart ailments. One of the many important tasks that antioxidant vitamins perform is that of bringing free radicals
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Alpha Lipoic Acid
Alpha Lipoic Acid is a powerful antioxidant that helps protect
the body from oxidative damage related to aging and exercise.
Its main function is to increase production of glutathione,
which helps dissolve toxic substances in the liver. As an
antioxidant helps neutralize free radicals in our bodies and
protects our cells from damage.As an Anti oxidant affect
cellular metabolism and can speed up cellular energy production
helping cells heal more quickly. Benefits of Alpha
Lipoic Acid Alpha-Lipoic acid facilitate to other other
powerful antioxidants such as Vitamin E and C. It is used to
treat and prevent a wide array of age related diseases such as
diabetes,
cataracts,heart
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Did you know that when we breath oxygen, it interacts with certain molecules in our bodies to create free radicals and that these free radicals damage important cellular structures such as DNA and cell membranes? Well, it is true and this damage may cause cells to function poorly and mutate. Free radical damage may lead to disease and aging.We are exposed to huge amounts of free radicals from pollution, and pesticides. Every time you breathe, you take in millions of free radical molecules created by cigarette smoke, radiation,
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