What Your Doctor Doesn't Know About Nutritional Medicine May Be Killing You

by Ray D. Strand

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 structure of the DNA, which can then lead to abnormal growth of the cell. As these cells continue to replicate, this mutated DNA is carried to each newly developed cell. When there is further oxidative stress to this mutated DNA of the cell, more damage occurs.

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