Free Radicals Overview

So just what are these free radicals? Glad you asked! They are unstable or "radical" oxygen molecules that live within our bodies and attack our body cells. How are free radicals developed and just where do they come from?

They are produced by the sunlight, radiation, air-pollution, harmful chemicals, food additives, alcohol, tobacco smoke, infection, over-exercising, stress just to name a few. There are far more producers of these deadly little molecules.

What do they do to our body? They work to change every kind of tissue in the body. They work to alter the DNA and damage cell membranes changing the way cells live to reproduce. Fundamentally they produce the aging process internally, causing inflammation and imbalance of the circulatory, nervous and immune systems. They make your skin look old contributing to the overall aging process. Reduced antioxidants in our bodies opens the door for chronic disease and cancer.

Overall the effects on the skin (our largest organ) focuses on the breakdown of our collagen, the primary component of the skin that gives the skin it's overall stregnth, elacticity and general texture. When collagen breaks down we begin to see wrinkling and the aging process in full bloom.

So, if that is the bad news how do we attack free radicals? The answer is anti-oxidants. Antioxidants are found in the foods we eat. Most of these foods don't have the quantity or perhaps the quality (or both) antioxidants our body needs to fight off disease. Remember, your antioxidant level equals your state of health. The key to optimum health is preventing disease as we all know. Fight free radicals with anti-oxidants and you will live radically free.

Get your screening done today! Know your anti-oxidant level and then come back and click on our StoreFront to have a staff member contact you (yes a real person)to evaluate your needs and introduce you to our secret little weapon to fight off this enemy all naturally.

Fight Against Cellular Damage

We know that vitamins C and E, are thought to protect the body against the damaging and thus destructive effects of these radicals. Antioxidants are capable of neutralizing the radicals by supplying one of their own electrons, which ends the electron-"stealing" reaction. The antioxidant nutrients themselves don’t become free radicals by donating an electron because they are more stable in either form they act as scavengers, helping to prevent cell and tissue damage that could lead to cellular damage and disease without the assistance of the antioxidants.

Vitamin E is one of the most abundant fat-soluble antioxidant in the body. Vitamin E is one of the most efficient chain-breaking antioxidants available. Primary defender against oxidation. Primary defender against lipid peroxidation (which is the creation of unstable molecules containing more oxygen than is usual).

Vitamin C is the most abundant water-soluble antioxidant in the body. This vitamin basically acts primarily in cellular fluid and of particular note in combating free-radical formation caused by pollution and and contaminants such as cigarette smoke. In addition, vitamin C also helps return vitamin E to its active form.

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