Free radicals have an important role in large number of biological processes, some of which are necessary for life, such as the intracellular killing of bacteria by phagocytic cells such as granulocytes and macrophages. Free radicals have also been implicated in certain cell signaling processes. Many diseases have their origin in inadequate free radicals activity in the body.
Many forms of cancer are thought to be the result of reactions between free radicals and DNA, resulting in mutations that can adversely affect the cell cycle and potentially lead to malignancy. Some of the symptoms of aging such as atherosclerosis are also attributed to free-radical induced oxidation of many of the chemicals making up the body. In addition free radicals contribute to alcohol-induced liver damage, perhaps more than alcohol itself. Radicals in cigarette smoke have been implicated in inactivation of alpha 1-antitrypsin in the lung. This process promotes the development of emphysema.
Knowing this, there was developed a method of measuring antioxidant capacities in biological samples. The method is called ORAC – an acronym for Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity. It has been discovered that a small group of super foods have up to twenty times the antioxidant power of other foods. This is why everybody recommends us to eat vegetables and fruits. It is recommended that we eat foods containing at least 3,000 ORAC units a day.
Here is a table containing some foods and their ORAC score.
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Thanks for the post...there is necessity to know more about this quickly spreading disease.We really know so little of it.
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Sugar is one useless and poisonous substance that has no real value to us, it is a known fact that cancer cells love sugar and thrive on it. What sugar does to man is sickening, yet man is consuming sugar as if his life depends on it. Sugar helps the cancer cells to produce lactic acid which facilities the body to form new blood vessels that carry fresh blood supply to the tumor to help it grow, it also help cancer cells to spread more rapidly.
ReplyDeleteOn the other hand, caffeine is another substance worth not taken, it is an acid forming substance. In most energy drink, tea and coffee, you have substantial amount of it, who wants to beat, reverse, stop or prevent cancer? Just forget about caffeine, just give it up, if you love tea so much, make sure is one without it, like green tea.
Alcohol: this is the chief of them all, directly competing with sugar. It kills the body cells, irritates and inhibits digestion, alters your blood chemistry and composition,in addition it destroys the oxygen in your brain region. Alcohol is poisonous to your body, it also competes with nicotine in undoing your body.
We are in a free world if you want to drink you are free, no one is going to stop you, it is a question of choice, you are only enhancing your demise.
Who wants to reverse, stop, cure or prevent against cancer, keep off alcohol, it is poison to your system. What about diary product? Do you have your doubts, if you want to stop, cure or reverse cancer say bye-bye to diary and its products?
Numerous studies exist that link milk to whole range of diseases like, headaches, constipation, runny nose, diarrhea, bloating, sinusitis, abdominal pain, cramps and mental depression.
Moreover milk and diary products create a lining on the walls of one's stomach and intestine thereby preventing the absorption of vitamins and minerals.
According to research, we should consume about 3000-5000 units per day to maintain significant levels that would enable us to fight free radicals.
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