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| Dr. Pamela Avery
The Natural MD TM |
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Nutrition
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The bright colors of fruits and vegetables are actually nature's building blocks for healthy cells and systems in the human body. These colorful packages contain bioflavonoid, or molecules of nutrition, that produce amazing effects in your body. Bioflavonoids act as antioxidants to protect the cells of your body from free radical damage. Free radical damage contributes to inflammatory processes as well as to the aging process.
A free radical is a molecule with an unpaired electron and a negative charge. This unbalanced energy usually makes these molecules highly reactive. When they "bump" into balanced molecules, a free radical then acquires electrons to re-balance itself. This, in turn, creates a free radical out of the previously balanced molecule that can eventually cause a free radical cascade - a rapid and destructive biochemical interaction. The most serious consequence of this cascade is the disruption in the DNA synthesis necessary for cellular repair and replication.
Free radical damage can cause premature aging, cardiovascular disease, joint stiffness, inflammation, arthritis, Alzheimer's disease, loss of elasticity in your skin and the initiation of cancer. While some free radical activity is necessary as it supplies the biochemical functioning from which your cells produce energy to carry out biological processes, excessive free radical activity can produce oxidative stress that results in damage to the cellular machinery of your body. Unfortunately, the environment in which we live today creates an overload of free radical exposure – chemicals, smoke and poor dietary choices just to name a few.
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The good news is that a diet rich in fruits and vegetables as well as healthy fats will provide much of the antioxidant power to neutralize any damage to your cells from free radicals. The bad news is that most of us do not eat a diet rich enough to fully protect us. This is where you can help by using supplements to enhance your body's own ability to protect, repair and restore itself.
Nutraceuticals are supplements made from concentrated forms of natural food-based products. These specially processed supplements can supply your body with the healing power of 8-9 servings of fruits and vegetables per day or the equivalent of several large salads. Dieting, food preferences and even physical problems with food absorption can impair your ability to take in enough of these foods to protect your body.
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