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"With all this daily damage to our cells going on, they survive because the body has built its own defense system, antioxidants, which help fight free radicals. antioxidants give the free radical the electron or electrons it needs by latching onto it. When these join together, the free radical is satisfied and no longer tries to latch onto any other parts of the cells. If we add insult to injury and feed ourselves worthless nonfoods, our personal storehouses of antioxidants get used up and we end up aging prematurely." - Timothy Brantley, The Cure: Heal Your Body, Save Your Life (Get the book.)

"Advertisements claiming these effects, such as Unilever's New Dove Firming Lotion, or Estee Lauder's much more expensive Body Performance Anti-Cellulite Visible Contouring Serum, are problematic at best (6). 5. antioxidants. antioxidants are natural substances that protect our bodies against damage from free radicals. Skin is continually exposed to damage not only within, from free radicals, but without, from heat, cold, air pollutants, and, most importantly, UVA long wave radiation. Antioxidant cosmeceuticals claim to reduce or reverse this damage." - Samuel S. Epstein, Randall Fitzgerald, Toxic Beauty: How Cosmetics and Personal Care Products Endanger Your Health . . . And What You Can Do about It (Get the book.)

"Small red beans, kidney beans, and black beans are also packed with antioxidants. Antioxidants can also be found in supplement and vitamin form. One particular antioxidant currently under study, alpha li-poic acid, has been shown to help in the treatment of multiple sclerosis by balancing T-cell activity and has also been found to help lessen symptoms in those with diabetic neuropathy." - Donna Jackson Nakazawa, The Autoimmune Epidemic (Get the book.)

"The degree to which the body is damaged by free radicals is determined by the amount of antioxidants on hand to fight back. antioxidants defend your body against damage from free radicals. ANTIOXIDANTS: THE ULTIMATE WEAPON Antioxidants inactivate free radicals, thereby protecting the body from the adverse effects of alcohol, caffeine, sugar, and other negative food choices. The body produces its own antioxidants, but high-performance nutrition increases the supply. It also strengthens the immune system. Conversely, poor nutrition releases free radicals into the body." - Barnet Meltzer, M.D., Food Swings: Make the Life-Changing Connection Between the Foods You Eat and Your Emotional Health and Well-Being (Get the book.)

"If the person is not getting enough antioxidants from the food he eats, there are also antioxidants manufactured on the market that are beneficial such as hawthorn berry, selenium, green tea extract, blue green algae and beta carotene just to name a few." 288 DNA: the basic material within the living cell that transmits the hereditary partem "What are the favorite medications that athletes currently take? " Dr. Greg Olson: "They are deca durabolin, winstrol, anabar, testosterone and dianabol which are all names of various anabolic steroids."289 "What side effects do these have? " Dr." - Kenneth W Thomas, Ron Gilbert, Gerd Schaller, Side Effects: The Hidden Agenda of the Pharmaceutical Drug Cartel (Get the book.)

"They contain large quantities of natural antioxidants, which make them much safer against oxidation by free radicals. Since polyunsaturated fats are manufactured and do not exist in natural form, they are indigestible, and the body recognized them as dangerous. Margarine, for example, is just one molecule away from plastic, and therefore extremely difficult to digest. Free radicals, which are the body's natural cleansers, try to get rid of the fatty culprits that have affixed themselves to the cell membranes. When the radicals digest these harmful fats, they also damage the cell membranes." - Andreas Moritz, Cancer Is Not A Disease - It's A Survival Mechanism (Get the book.)

"Another recent double-blind study of vitamins and antioxidants done in Europe also proved ineffective. These studies are important to consider because many people move to alternative medical treatments when classical medicine is not terribly helpful. I will discuss the tendency for you to do this and its consequences in more depth in the next chapter. But this brief review should raise a red flag for you." - Benjamin H. Natelson, M.D., Your Symptoms Are Real: What to Do When Your Doctor Says Nothing Is Wrong (Get the book.) "In fact, a carefully done double-blind placebo-controlled study of vitamins and antioxidants taken by mouth proved ineffective at relieving the symptoms of fatigue and soreness in CFS patients. Some doctors add chemicals to the mix. In a treatment called chelation therapy, the practitioner employs a chemical that's normally used to bind heavy metals (like mercury and lead) to treat people poisoned by these metals. Some doctors have the idea that unexplained fatigue and chemical sensitivity are due to heavy metal toxicity." - Benjamin H. Natelson, M.D., Your Symptoms Are Real: What to Do When Your Doctor Says Nothing Is Wrong (Get the book.)

"Dozens of practitioners use antioxidants as part of their unconventional treatment programs. Such treatments are promising but not proven. Most of them derive from the program advocated by Linus Pauling, Ph.D., and carried out by his Scottish colleague, Ewan Cameron, M.D. I have written about Dr. Pauling's struggles in my book, The Cancer Industry. Many have heard that this treatment was tested at the Mayo Clinic and found wanting. (288) However, there are reasons to believe the test was not carried out fairly. Others besides myself have called for further investigation of this method." - Ralph Moss, PhD, Antioxidants Against Cancer: How to activate your bod natural healing powers with today's most protective and immune-boosting supplements and foods (Get the book.) "The charge is sometimes made that alternative doctors are remiss in not carrying out randomized clinical trials (RCTs) to prove the effectiveness of antioxidants as cancer therapy. A clinical trial involves testing in human beings. In a randomized trial, patients are assigned to different treatment regimens, and the two or more groups are then compared. It is not a simple matter to arrange and then carry out clinical trials. It requires many resources, such as money and access to suitable patients. We shall point out positive human clinical studies in the course of this book." - Ralph Moss, PhD, Antioxidants Against Cancer: How to activate your bod natural healing powers with today's most protective and immune-boosting supplements and foods (Get the book.) "Thirty patients were given small doses of antioxidants (at the low government-approved RDA levels) while thirty-five patients were given megadoses. (224) The megadose levels were as follows: Supplement Amount Given Daily Vitamin C 2,000 milligrams Vitamin A 40,000 international units Vitamin B6 100 milligrams Vtamin E 400 international units Zinc 90 milligrams Bladder cancer frequently recurs. But ten months after starting the program, the rate of recurrence in the megadose group began to fall." - Ralph Moss, PhD, Antioxidants Against Cancer: How to activate your bod natural healing powers with today's most protective and immune-boosting supplements and foods (Get the book.) "Science shows a very strong correlation between diets high in antioxidants and cancer prevention. Benefits of Supplements Food is the mainstay of your antioxidant program. But I strongly believe that it is necessary to take supplements in addition to foods in order to get the maximum benefit. Some critics claim that the supplements you buy in the health food store are completely unreliable. This is an exaggeration. The large vitamin and mineral suppliers generally conform to "USP" standards, and their products are reliable." - Ralph Moss, PhD, Antioxidants Against Cancer: How to activate your bod natural healing powers with today's most protective and immune-boosting supplements and foods (Get the book.)

"One result of oxidation is the release of oxygen free radicals, which are chemicals that may suppress immune function. antioxidants such as burdock root may protect body cells from damage caused by oxidation. Kelp is a sea vegetable that is a concentrated source of minerals, including iodine, potassium, magnesium, calcium, and iron. Kelp as a source of iodine assists in making the thyroid hormones, which are necessary for maintaining normal metabolism in all cells of the body. This increases energy levels and makes it easier to maintain a healthy body weight." - Andreas Moritz, Cancer Is Not A Disease - It's A Survival Mechanism (Get the book.)

"Therapeutic considerations for eye conditions include avoiding eyestrain, eating a well-balanced diet, supplementing the diet with antioxidants to protect against free radical damage, and the addition of enzymes or supplemental nutrients to help maintain health and a viable digestive and immune system. It is always wise to consult with a physician in cases of infections or serious eye imbalances, such as pinkeye, shingles, ulcerations near the eye, glaucoma, macular degeneration, or detached retinas." - Tom Bohager, Everything You Need to Know About Enzymes to Treat Everything from Digestive Problems and Allergies to Migraines and Arthritis (Get the book.)

"Powerful Antioxidant Capabilities Melatonin is one of the most powerful antioxidants produced in the body. In addition, since it is both water and fat soluble, melatonin can reach almost every single cell in the body. On the down side, however, since it cannot store in the body, it must be replenished daily. This would normally not be a problem, except for the fact, as we've already mentioned, that 'Without artificial light we would normally be in total darkness from 8-12 hours a night, producing melatonin during all of those hours." - Jon Barron, Lessons from The Miracle Doctors: A Step-by-Step Guide to Optimum Health and Relief from Catastrophic Illness (Get the book.)

"You've no doubt noticed that much of the nutrition science I've presented here qualifies as reductionist science, focusing as it does on individual nutrients (such as certain fats or carbohydrates or antioxidants) rather than on whole foods or dietary patterns. Guilty. But using this sort of science to try to figure out what's wrong with the Western diet is probably unavoidable. However imperfect, it's the sharpest experimental and explanatory tool we have. It also satisfies our hunger for a simple, one-nutrient explanation." - Michael Pollan, In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto (Get the book.)

"If it is true, how can we defend ourselves against them, other than by removing them with such antioxidants as vitamin C? Oxygen free radicals are highly reactive oxygen molecules. They are involved in causing rust in iron and in turning fats rancid. They are also found in arteries that have become occluded with plaque. Many researchers believe that free radicals are involved in the formation of cancer cells. However, like bacteria, free radicals have been given an unjustifiably bad reputation. Free radicals have existed since the beginning of life on Earth." - Andreas Moritz, Cancer Is Not A Disease - It's A Survival Mechanism (Get the book.)

"For the industry it's obviously preferable to have a scientific rationale for further processing foods—whether by lowering the fat or carbs or by boosting omega-3 s or fortifying them with antioxidants and probiotics—than to entertain seriously the proposition that processed foods of any kind are a big part of the problem. For the medical community too scientific theories about diet nourish business as usual." - Michael Pollan, In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto (Get the book.) "Different nutritionists have given the credit for the benefits of whole grain to different nutrients: the fiber in the bran, the folic acid and other B vitamins in the germ, or the antioxidants or the various minerals. In 2003 the .American Journal of Clinical Nutrition* published an unusually nonreductionist study demonstrating that no one of those nutrients alone can explain the benefits of whole-grain foods: The typical reductive analysis of isolated nutrients could not explain the improved health of the whole-grain eaters. For the study, University of Minnesota epidemiologists David R." - Michael Pollan, In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto (Get the book.)

"In both plasma and cerebrospinal fluid, the total number of antioxidants is above the normal levels seen in uncomplicated labor. This is mainly because of the raised levels of the plasma antioxidant uric acid, together with some as yet unidentified agents. Weight for weight, the predominant antioxidant in blood is uric acid, whereas in the cerebrospinal fluid it is vitamin C. There is also increased consumption of vitamin C by the body but not vitamin E [93]. Serum levels of the antioxidant enzyme GSHpx are decreased, together with signs of increased lipid oxidation [164]." - John R. Smythies, Every_Persons_Guide_To_Antioxidants (Get the book.) "Blood levels of many antioxidants were reduced (vitamin C by 44 percent, vitamin E by 42 percent, vitamin A by 44 percent, beta-carotene by 29 percent, and lycopene by 67 percent), presumably because they were used up by the iron-induced oxidative stress. The total antioxidant potential was reduced by 14 percent. The researchers suggested that this oxidative stress might be the cause of the myocardial damage that is the major cause of death in the disease. They concluded that administration of antioxidant compounds, but not vitamin C, could be beneficial." - John R. Smythies, Every_Persons_Guide_To_Antioxidants (Get the book.)

"Antioxidants, antioxidants, Antioxidants When a squirt of lemon juice helps food stay fresh it is working as an antioxidant, protecting against the harmful effects of oxygen. Oxygen harmful? When an oxygen molecule loses an electron, it becomes an unstable molecule called a free radical, which tries to stabilize itself by grabbing another oxygen from any body substance or tissue nearby, causing that molecule in turn to become unstable. antioxidants are molecules that are able to donate an oxygen molecule to the free radical without becoming destabilized themselves." - Earl L. Mindell, R.Ph., Ph.D., Prescription Alternatives, Third Edition: Hundreds of Safe, Natural Prescription-Free Remedies to Restore and Maintain Your Health (Get the book.)

"Pro-oxidants are the bad guys; antioxidants are the good guys.) Because these plant compounds have become such an intrinsic part of our cellular functioning, is it any wonder that their presence or absence in our foods would act as a satiety switch? Get enough in your system and you and your genes stop looking for them. Eat foods that are devoid of them and you nosh away, assuming the next bite must contain the nutrients that were always there in the past." - Dr. Steven R. Gundry, Dr. Gundry's Diet Evolution: Turn Off the Genes That Are Killing You - And Your Waistline - And Drop the Weight for Good (Get the book.)

"The most important groups of this class of natural products are the phytoestrogenes (isoflavones: genistein derivatives) and antioxidants (anthocyanins: flavonols and flavones); their interactions with proteins (tannins) and their metabolites are monitored in physiological fluids (urine, blood, milk) and tissues (Prasain et al, 2004). These kinds of studies will help to elucidate the influence of the flavonoids on human and animal health and permit the evaluation of their role in different kinds of epidemiological studies (see Chapter 8 for a detailed description)." - Erich Grotewold, The Science of Flavonoids (Get the book.)

"Take antioxidants. If you're at risk for emphysema, consider supplements of vitamins C and E, nutrients known as antioxidants. "We don't have good, solid scientific evidence that antioxidants help, but the rationale is solid, and these vitamins won't hurt you. We usually recommend 500 milligrams twice a day of C and 800 units twice a day of E," says Dr. Sandhaus. The rationale to which he refers is that antioxidants may help protect a protein in the blood that can shield your lungs from the damage of sloppy-eating white blood cells." - Matthew Hoffman and William Legro, Disease Free: How to Prevent, Treat and Cure More Than 150 Illnesses and Conditions (Get the book.)

"Radical scavenging by flavonoid antioxidants, Free Radic Res Commun, 2: 289-294. Boulton, T. G, Nye, S. H., Robbins, D. J., Ip, N. Y., Radziejewska, E., Morgenbesser, S. D., DePinho, R.A., Panayotatos, N., Cobb, M.H., Yancopoulos, G.D., 1991, ERKs: a family of proteinserine/threonine kinases that are activated and tyrosine phosphorylated in response to insulin and NGF, Cell, 65: 663-675. Caltagirone, S, Rossi, C, Poggi, A., Ranelletti, F. O., Natali, P. G., Brunetti, M., Aiello, F.B., and Piantelli, M." - Erich Grotewold, The Science of Flavonoids (Get the book.)

"Like other antioxidants, vitamin C, or ascorbic acid, contributes to our health in at least two important ways. Several of the body's routine processes, including cell metabolism and the defense mechanism of inflammation, produce "oxygen radicals"—atoms of oxygen with an extra unpaired electron that make them particularly eager to react with other molecules in ways that can create all kinds of trouble. Free radicals have been implicated in a great many health problems, including cancer and the various problems associated with aging. (Free-radical production rises as you get older." - Michael Pollan, In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto (Get the book.)

"The polyphenols act as antioxidants that protect the body from the negative effects of free radicals and help prevent oxidative damage. Polyphenols are antibacterial and antiviral, and also play a role in preventing cell mutation.4 They are active agents in helping reduce the risk of cancer, osteoporosis, and stroke. At the same time, they can help lower blood pressure, promote heart health, and even play a role in preventing damage to your skin from the sun's ultraviolet rays." - Wendy Bazilian, DRPH, MA, RD, Steven Pratt, MD, Kathy Matthews, Superfoods Rx Diet: Lose Weight with the Power of SuperNutrients (Get the book.)

"Anthocyanins in acai make up only about ten percent of the total antioxidants contained within this amazing little berry. Acai also contains phytosterols, a plant component known to reduce cholesterol, treat symptoms associated with benign prostatic hyperplasia (swollen prostate), and help protect the immune system from physical stress. Home Remedies SEXUAL PERFORMANCE: Acai combined with guarana syrup is a popular drink in Brazil. One of the reported benefits from drinking the concoction is improved sexual performance. BEAUTY: Dr." - David W. Grotto, RD, LDN, 101 Foods That Could Save Your Life! (Get the book.) "Many of these phy-tochemicals have been shown to be powerful antioxidants with antiinflammatory, antiulcerative, antiviral, and anticancer properties. Home Remedies Hippocrates and other healers have used elderberry as an antiinflammatory, anti-rheumatic, diuretic, and laxative agent, as well as for the treatment of dysentery, stomach ailments, scurvy, and urinary tract problems. Warm elderberry wine is a remedy for sore throat and influenza, and induces perspiration to reverse the effects of a chill." - David W. Grotto, RD, LDN, 101 Foods That Could Save Your Life! (Get the book.)

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