An Antioxidant is any substance that protects cells from the damage caused by free radicals (unstable molecules made by the process of oxidation during normal metabolism). Free radicals may play a part in cancer, heart disease, stroke and other diseases of aging.

The two most well known antioxidants are vitamin C and vitamin E. Thousands of research reports have been published in scientific journals all around the world about their importance to health. Vitamin C is water soluble and is important in protecting the "aqueous" parts of our cells and tissues, while vitamin E is oil soluble and protects the "lipid" portions, especially cellular membranes.

Oxidation provides needed energy for life, yet within our bodies the process is a two-edged sword. Unfortunately, a small number of the oxygen molecules we breathe are converted within our bodies to unstable free radicals. Free radical-caused oxidation produces premature aging and sets us up for serious illness, including cancer and heart disease. Natalie Angier, science reporter for The New York Times, calls the damage by free radicals "the price we pay for breathing.

Antioxidants are substances with free-radical chain-reaction-breaking properties. They include any substance that significantly delays, inhibits, or prevents oxidation caused by free radicals. Antioxidants are key to stopping premature aging and preventing many degenerative diseases while allowing the body to be able to repair the damage that occurs. Another antioxidant benefit is protecting the body's tissues from free radicals before they cause mutations

Antioxidants to the rescue

Is antioxidant therapy really the biggest medical breakthrough of the last 50 years? We believe it is, as do other prominent researchers and physicians. We also foresee that general acceptance of antioxidant therapy in the medical community will be slow. It may be another 20 years before the majority of physicians fully realize it's importance and potential.

Oxidation occurs inside the body during the normal process of metabolism.  It is also caused by air pollution, radiation, cigarette smoke, sunlight, environmental chemicals and exposure of metals and biological materials (including food) to oxygen. These form free radicals. 

Example: Take a bite out of an apple and expose it to the air for a few minutes. The exposed flesh of the apple soon turns brown. That's oxidation at work. Oxidation provides needed energy for life, yet within our bodies a small number of the oxygen molecules we breathe are converted into unstable free radicals.

Free radical caused oxidation produces premature aging and sets us up for serious illness, including cancer and heart disease. Natalie Angier, science reporter for The New York Times, calls the damage by free radicals "the price we pay for breathing. 

An excess of free radicals can and does cause different medical conditions, depending on which tissues they attack. The free radicals may attack DNA and cause cancer or birth defects; if they attack your pancreas, they can cause diabetes; in blood and blood vessels, they can cause cardiovascular disease; in the eye, they can cause cataracts.   More

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