Free Radicals Harm Your Cells
Antioxidants Reverse the Damage

Definition of Free Radicals from Rice University’s Sports Med Web

Free radicals are atoms or groups of atoms with an odd (unpaired) number of electrons and can be formed when oxygen interacts with certain molecules. Once formed these highly reactive radicals can start a chain reaction, like dominoes.
Their chief danger comes from the damage they can do when they react with important cellular components such as DNA, or the cell membrane. Cells may function poorly or die if this occurs.

To prevent free radical damage the body has a defense system of antioxidants.Antioxidants are molecules which can safely interact with free radicals and terminate the chain reaction before vital molecules are damaged.

Although there are several enzyme systems within the body that scavenge free radicals, the principle micronutrient (vitamin) antioxidants are:

1.vitamin E
2.beta-carotene
3.vitamin C

Your body doesn't always manufacture the right amount of these anti-aging enzymes. You want to supplement your body's production with natural remedies.

Muscadine grape skins can enhance the production of Vitamin E in your body.

Aging -from Dr. Frederick E. Samson, Jr.- Professor Emeritus, University of Kansas Medical Center

In aging, every organ, every tissue and every cell is changed in some way. It’s usually a decrease in functional capacity and an increase in vulnerability to age related diseases. A distinction must be made between average life span, age associated diseases and the aging process itself. The length of the life span depends on many different types of lethal events, such as the incidence of infectious diseases and age related diseases that are organ specific, whereas the aging process affects all organs. Attempts have been made since the beginning of recorded history to understand and to delay the aging process.

In aging, every organ, every tissue and every cell is changed in some way. It’s usually a decrease in functional capacity and an increase in vulnerability to age related diseases.

A distinction must be made between average life span, age associated diseases and the aging process itself. The length of the life span depends on many different types of lethal events, such as the incidence of infectious diseases and age related diseases that are organ specific, whereas the aging process affects all organs. Attempts have been made since the beginning of recorded history to understand and to delay the aging process.

Once formed these highly reactive radicals can start a chain reaction, like dominoes. Their chief danger comes from the damage they can do when they react with important cellular components such as DNA, or the cell membrane. Cells may function poorly or die if this occurs.

To prevent free radical damage the body has a defense system of antioxidants. Antioxidants are molecules which can safely interact with free radicals and terminate the chain reaction before vital molecules are damaged.

Why we age

Dr. Denham Harman, of the University of Nebraska Medical Center, is said to be the father of the Free Radical Theory of Aging. He announced his theory in 1954 and was ridiculed by the medical community. It took almost 30 years for them to agree.

By 1980, the study of free radicals became part of research in cancer, heart disease, strokes and in recent years, Alzheimer’s Disease.According to Dr. Harman, free-radical reactions are implicated in 50 disorders. These free radical diseases include cancer, heart attacks, strokes, rheumatoid arthritis, cataracts, and Alzheimer's disease -- the major cause of admission to nursing homes. The list keeps growing.

When asked “How do antioxidant nutrients contribute to health and longevity?” the doctor replied, “Free-radical reactions can cause deleterious changes throughout the body. Antioxidants decrease this damage and hence contribute to health and longevity.” In short, antioxidants hold one secret to anti-aging. And resveratrol, the same substance in red wine that keeps the French healthy and young, is one of the most powerful antioxidants available.

Dr. Harman believes whole heartedly in the use of antioxidants and is a testament to how they work. He ran 5 miles a day until the age of 82 when he hurt his back. He still works a full day and continues his research. He focuses his work now on trying to eliminate long term illnesses. His goal is for everyone to have a truly ‘functional life span’, one they can enjoy even as centenarians.

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