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Free radicals are mainly oxygen molecules or atoms that have at least one unpaired electron in their outer orbit. In the process of utilizing oxygen during normal metabolism within the cell to create energy (called oxidation), active free oxygen radicals are created. They essentially have an electrical charge and desire to try to get an electron from any molecule or substance in the vicinity. They have such violent movement that they have been shown chemically to create bursts of light within the body. If these free radicals are not rapidly neutralized by an antioxidant, they may create even
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free radical
But when more free radicals are produced than there are antioxidants available, oxidative stress occurs. When
oxidative stress vs antioxidants
The most common antioxidants are vitamin C, vitamin E, vitamin A, and beta-carotene. We can obtain numerous other antioxidants from our food; these include coenzyme Q10, alpha-lipoic acid, and the colorful bioflavanoid antioxidants. It
various antioxidants
They need sufficient antioxidant minerals such as copper, zinc, manganese, and selenium, which aid in the chemical reactions of the antioxidants so they are able to do their job effectively. If
antioxidants soldiers
Antioxidants also need certain cofactors in their enzymatic reactions in order to perform their job properly. Cofactors are the military support system, like the mechanics or supply officers, fuel tanks, and makers of the ammunition. These are primarily the B cofactors: folic acid, vitamins B1, B2, B6, and B12. We need a good store of both the antioxidant minerals and cofactors if we are going to have any hope of winning the war within.
antioxidants and cofactors
Problems begin to occur only when free radicals change or oxidize native LDL cholesterol. It is this modified LDL cholesterol that is truly “bad.” In a 1989 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, Dr. Daniel Steinberg postulated that if patients had adequate antioxidants on board to quell oxidization, the LDL cholesterol would not become bad.
ldl cholesterol with free radical becomes bad
The main reason vitamin E provides such a powerful defense is the fact that it is fat-soluble, making it the most potent antioxidant within the cell wall. Vitamin E actually incorporates itself within the LDL cholesterol. The higher the vitamin E levels within the cell membrane of the native LDL cholesterol, the more resistant the LDL cholesterol is to becoming modified or oxidized.
vitamin e and LDLcholesterol
vitamin C is the best antioxidant within the plasma or fluid of the blood primarily because it is water-soluble. Vitamin C supplementation has been shown to preserve and protect the function of the endothelium.
vitamin c as water soluble
9Yet another benefit of vitamin C is that it has the ability to regenerate vitamin E
vitamin c regenerates vitamin e
Grape-seed extract is believed to be the best bioflavanoid antioxidant in helping prevent chronic inflammatory disease.
grape seeds extract
homocysteine is an intermediate byproduct that we produce when our bodies metabolize (break down) an essential amino acid called methionine. Methionine is found in large quantities in our meats, eggs, milk, cheese, white flour, canned foods, and highly processed foods.
homocysteine
addition Selhub noted that most patients with high homocysteine levels also had low levels of folic acid and vitamins B12 and B6 in their bodies.7
more homocysteine less folic acid and Vitamins b12/b6
The medical literature finds that when this level rises much above seven micromols/L, however, an increased risk of developing cardiovascular disease becomes apparent. Most patients will want homocysteine levels below seven. If your level rises above twelve, you are in serious trouble.
homocysteine level lower than 7 is good
Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10), or ubiquinone, is a fat-soluble vitamin or vitamin-like substance that is also a potent antioxidant. Trace amounts of CoQ10 exist in a variety of foods, such as organ meats, beef, soy oil, sardines, mackerel, and peanuts.
coenzyme q10 fat soluble vitamin found in peanuts, sardines etc
the mitochondria are essentially the battery or furnace of the cell, where the energy of the cell is produced.
mitochondria is a furnace of a cell
The DNA of the nucleus is especially vulnerable when a cell is dividing, during which time the DNA strand is literally unwound and stretched out. Researchers are now able to confirm not only that free radicals can damage the DNA nucleus of a cell, but also which strands of the DNA they damage most frequently. When met with an onslaught of carcinogens, the body’s MASH unit will be busy trying to repair the damaged DNA. But in times of heavy oxidative stress, free-radical damage overwhelms the repair system and can lead to mutation of the DNA. Free radicals can also wreak damage on the genetic
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oxidative stress leads to dna wreak which leadsto cancer
Smokers show a tremendous increase in the number of free radicals in their bodies.
free radicals increases with smoking
amounts of antioxidants are missing in that meal. We must decrease saturated-fat intake, making certain we consume at least seven servings of fruits and vegetables and more than thirty-five grams of fiber each day.
food for preventing oxidative stress
Merely by consuming five to seven servings of fruits and vegetables daily, we can decrease the risk of almost every type of cancer by half.
food and cancer by half
Dr. Harinder Garewal wrote a review article on the effect of antioxidants not only in the prevention of oral cancer but also the reversal of leukoplakia. This article is landmark to Phase III of chemoprevention. His findings provide hope that not only can antioxidants halt the process of developing cancer, they may actually empower the body’s repair system to reverse cell damage.16
Dr. Harinder Garewal for antioxidants
Drs. Kedar Prasad and Arun Kumar and their colleagues at the University of Colorado Medical School Radiology Department reviewed more than seventy studies to address this concern. They titled their report, “High Doses of Multiple Antioxidant Vitamins: Essential Ingredients in Improving the Efficacy of Standard Cancer Therapy,” which appeared in the Journal of the American College of Nutrition.
Drs. Kedar Prasad and Arun Kumarin Improving the Efficacy of Standard Cancer Therapy
is actually more important to eat corn, leafy green vegetables, and collard greens because they contain high levels of carotenoids called lutein and zeaxanthine. Because lutein and zeaxanthine are yellow, they efficiently absorb the blue light portion of visible light. Blue light is the major high-energy light that can damage the lens and the retina of the eye. When these two nutrients are present in the lens and macula, our eyes absorb blue light and minimize oxidative stress.
leafy green veg contents
not apparent with patients who had high levels of beta-carotene. Lutein and zeaxanthine are the only carotenoids that are specifically deposited within the macula of the eye.
macula of eye contains lutein andzeaxanthine
Vitamin C also has the ability to regenerate vitamin E and handle the excessive free radicals within the plasma.
Vitamin C also has the ability to regenerate vitamin E
glucosamine not only reduced the pain and inflammation of arthritis but actually stopped the deterioration of the cartilage.
cartilage degeneration n inflammation of arthritis via glucosamine
orthopedic friends support the use of glucosamine too,
orthopedic
