From my previous posts you read the story of the war. If not, I will request you to go through them quickly, so that you can appreciate our defense.
God did not leave us defenseless against the onslaught of the free radicals. It is amazing, how beautifully our body is made, that we have our own army of antioxidants, which neutralize the free radicals and render them harmless.
If you remember the example in my earlier post of a fireplace; antioxidants are like the glass door or, fine wired mesh place in front of the fireplace preventing the cinders to fly on your carpet.
Antioxidants are the substances, which the unruly free radicals the electron, they are missing and make them neutralized and disciplined. You don't have to remember the names, but these are three major antioxidants produced inside our body - i) superoxide dismutase, ii) catalase, and iii) glutathione peroxidase.
Our body cannot produce all the antioxidants we need, but we must provide required to protect our body in the form of food and supplements, if we want to win the war within. As long as there is sufficient antioxidants available in our body to neutralize free radicals our body is safe. When the ratio alters towards the free radicals our body comes under oxidative stress. If such situation persist for long, we are prone to develop different chronic degenerative diseases, losing the war within.
The antioxidants we get from vegetables and fruits. The most common antioxidants are Vitamin C, vitamin A, Vitamin E, and beta carotene. The other antioxidants, which we get from our food are Co enzyme Q10 (CoQ10), alpha lipoic acid, and the colorful bioflavonoid antioxidant.
Like well organized army, different antioxidants has different role to perform and at different sites of our body. Some of them has ability to regenerate other antioxidants, so that they neutralize more free radicals. Vitamin C, being the water soluble vitamin is best antioxidant to target the free radicals in the water compartment of our body, blood and plasma. Vitamin E, on the other hand is fat soluble fights within the cell membrane, an area rich in fat. Glutathione works within the cell itself. alpha lipoic acid works both in the cell membrane and plasma. Vitamin C and alpha lipoic acid has the ability to regenerate Vitamin E and glutathione, so that they are recycled and used again.
In summary - The more the antioxidants we will have in our body, more strong will be our defense system. Our goal is to achieve a balanced army of antioxidants in sufficient amount to neutralize all the free radicals produced in our body and WE MUST WIN THE WAR WITHIN.
God did not leave us defenseless against the onslaught of the free radicals. It is amazing, how beautifully our body is made, that we have our own army of antioxidants, which neutralize the free radicals and render them harmless.
If you remember the example in my earlier post of a fireplace; antioxidants are like the glass door or, fine wired mesh place in front of the fireplace preventing the cinders to fly on your carpet.
Antioxidants are the substances, which the unruly free radicals the electron, they are missing and make them neutralized and disciplined. You don't have to remember the names, but these are three major antioxidants produced inside our body - i) superoxide dismutase, ii) catalase, and iii) glutathione peroxidase.
Our body cannot produce all the antioxidants we need, but we must provide required to protect our body in the form of food and supplements, if we want to win the war within. As long as there is sufficient antioxidants available in our body to neutralize free radicals our body is safe. When the ratio alters towards the free radicals our body comes under oxidative stress. If such situation persist for long, we are prone to develop different chronic degenerative diseases, losing the war within.
The antioxidants we get from vegetables and fruits. The most common antioxidants are Vitamin C, vitamin A, Vitamin E, and beta carotene. The other antioxidants, which we get from our food are Co enzyme Q10 (CoQ10), alpha lipoic acid, and the colorful bioflavonoid antioxidant.
Like well organized army, different antioxidants has different role to perform and at different sites of our body. Some of them has ability to regenerate other antioxidants, so that they neutralize more free radicals. Vitamin C, being the water soluble vitamin is best antioxidant to target the free radicals in the water compartment of our body, blood and plasma. Vitamin E, on the other hand is fat soluble fights within the cell membrane, an area rich in fat. Glutathione works within the cell itself. alpha lipoic acid works both in the cell membrane and plasma. Vitamin C and alpha lipoic acid has the ability to regenerate Vitamin E and glutathione, so that they are recycled and used again.
In summary - The more the antioxidants we will have in our body, more strong will be our defense system. Our goal is to achieve a balanced army of antioxidants in sufficient amount to neutralize all the free radicals produced in our body and WE MUST WIN THE WAR WITHIN.
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