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Free Radical Damage, Degenerative Disease…Heart Disease & Cancer
By admin | September 17, 2009
Heart disease and cancer are a result of free radical damage.
What is free radical damage? It is oxidation of your body chemistry that can decrease your longevity by making body cells sick. How does this happen? Free radical compounds are chemicals that are hungry for electrons. They steal electrons from weaker compounds if electrons are not freely available from anti oxidants compounds. What are some examples of anti oxidant electron donors?
Examples of willing electron donors are vitamins A, C and E. Thousands of flavonoids from fruits and vegetables provide good sources. Poly phenols from phytonutrients of tea, coffee and even seaweed can be rich sources.
“We know that most degenerative diseases are limited to free radical damage.”… James Balch, M.D. In 1954 Dr. Denham Harmon said this: “A single common process, modifiable by genetic and environmental factors, was responsible for ageing and death of all living things.” This is more true today because of the increased assaults on your body and its genetic code. Disease is produced by damaged DNA and inflammation.
All tissues in the body are subject to degenerative disease. Heart disease is arguably the greatest loser because it is the number one killer in the Western world. Number two cancer is a prime example of degenerative breakdown of health. There is a proliferation of toxic chemicals and substances that attack the mitochondria, nucleus and the DNA of every cell in the body, often altering the genetic code, causing aging and pre-mature death.
Nearly everyone knows the term “carcinogen” is associated with cancer. What this means is that certain substances, chemicals… can cause alteration of healthy cells which turn into cancer cells. In layman’s terms, the mitochondria and genetic code of the cells get “screwed up”. This spawns a misfit, rogue cancer cell. If enough of these cancer cells proliferate and multiply, tumor cells develop. (anti-oxidants are helpful in preventing this)
Fortunately a healthy body is able to cope with and neutralize some free radical damage, even eliminating cancer and damaged cells. Good supplementation, vitamins, and raw vegetables that are all proven anti-oxidants, are of enormous benefit.
There is a limit to what the body can handle in detrimental foreign substances. On a daily basis your body takes in toxins in the form of air, water, food, free radicals oxidants and foreign substances.
Your body handles toxins each day, eliminating chemicals and foreign substances. Unfortunately our modern environment sometimes overwhelms your body with huge amounts that are carcinogenic…cancer causing. Other diseases like heart disease, arthritis and brain diseases are also propelled by free radical damage.
There are, according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), 80,000 toxic chemicals that we are exposed to. These foreign substances include, but are not limited to: herbicides, pesticides (4 billion lbs. in USA per yr.), mercury, cadmium, aluminum, lead, solvents, asbestos, preservatives, trans fats, prescription drugs, cleaning agents, inhaled smoke and auto exhausts, cosmetics, ammonia, artificial food products and numerous biochemical pollutants.
These products cause inflammation and sometimes even genetic aberrations that can cause cancer and other degenerative diseases.
When your body is overwhelmed, then disease and dysfunction prevail. Ultimately life and longevity is compromised. You lose health!
Water and air pollution are a major source of these noxious chemicals. We further add to the toxic burden by consumption of excessive trans fats, sugar, alcohol, sodium, caffeine, nitrates, and other “foods” that overload our bodies. Normal function is impaired…Denis Van Loan D.D.S.
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