Articles about Antioxidants

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The Real Health Risk Is NOT Taking Antioxidants by David Ash and Dr Liesbeth Ash People who say they don’t need supplements because they are affluent and on a ‘good diet’ do not appreciate why they need antioxidants. Antioxidants scavenge free radicals. A major source of free radicals is the processed food of affluent society. Anti-oxidants are needed to counteract the damage done by the diet of affluent nations.

Fighting Free Radicals: The Role of Bark Extractives by Kelvin Duncan, PhD The rapidly growing volume of evidence in the scientific literature about the nature and role of free radicals has lead to an increasing awareness of their importance in health and disease. Free radicals have been implicated in a great number of human conditions and the literature on the subject is vast.

Grape Seed Extract Potent Antioxidant by Max Costello Much of science started in nature. Would you be surprised if your doctor prescribed 12 grams of dried grape seed three times daily? Would it be more understandable if he said 100mg Oligomeric Proanthocyanidin Complex three times daily, or sound more like medicine? Was it nature’s grand ironic design that the symbol of affluent lifestyles, grapes and wine, had the antidote to decadence at its very heart, in the discarded pip?

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Green Tea by Ivy Greenwell The beverage of choice in the east, green tea shows promise as an anti-aging, cancer- fighting agent. The first of a two part article (the other listed under Heart) ) This is an in-depth articles with references.

History of Oxygen Therapies by Suzanne Hotston "If you take a glass of water, contaminate it with bacteria and add 50 drops of Aerobic Oxygen, it will kill the bacteria in a few minutes. You can add more bacteria and it will kill again in a few minutes. Or you can leave the water for a long period of time and bacteria will not grow in it.” 5

Ozone Therapy by Mark Lester Whilst Oxygen therapy is an umbrella term for over 50 different methods that all seek to de-toxify the body by flooding it with oxygen, Ozone therapy is the most researched and widely used medical technique for achieving this goal.

Olive Leaf Extract - Nature's multi-functional force against infections and cardiovascular disease? by Amanda Jackson, Ph.D.


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