As already explained in
previous episode, the role of free radicals and this is one of the main reason for disease leading up to cancer, if the free radicals are not brought under
control by reversing our lifestyle, thought pattern amongst others. As free radicals are produced, same way there
is a protectionist mechanism in our body which is called as Antioxidants. Antioxidants are that substances that work
interactively inside our body cells, protecting cell membranes from damaging effects
of highly reactive molecules called the free radicals.
Antioxidant substances
are made in our body when we have a nutritional food that is the basis of
creating energy in our body. If you base
your diet on a healthy nutritional food, exercise, positive thought pattern, your
body has all the ingredients to make the antioxidant and which includes vitamin
A, C, E and trace minerals copper, zinc, manganese and selenium amongst many
others. There are other powerful
antioxidants but less well known than the above which include phenolic
compounds, flavonoids, tannins and sulphur containing compounds. From the above what you learn is that if you
do not have nutritional food that contains the above, you are but giving
invitation to free radicals to overpower your already worked up and reduced number of antioxidants.
What we also need to
know about is Oxidative stress, now Oxidative stress is an imbalance that
happens between production of free radicals and the ability of the body to detoxify
or counteract their harmful effects through neutralization by antioxidants, in
simple word it means that free radicals are produced at a faster pace than
antioxidants can neutralize them. This
also means that the body is going from a healthy state to an unhealthy
state. When you eat the unhealthy food,
do not address your stress issues, do not have positive approach, always have
negative approach, it means that you are allowing your free radicals to have a
free run and increase by leaps and bond, which ultimately makes your body give
in to the modern day disease and leading to cancers.
Reduced antioxidant
protection is the one of reason for ageing, even visible lines like wrinkles,
blemished skin, joint stiffness, chronic aches and pains, when you notice these
symptoms think of free radicals as one of the reason.
cont’d
