Sentences with phrase «as endogenous antioxidants»
These are known as endogenous antioxidants.
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A healthy diet should support the entire endogenous oxidative system, as antioxidants often work together.
Antioxidants can be classified as endogenous (made inside the body) and exogenous (sourced outside the body).
Our cortisol is highest in the morning (around 6 - 8 am) and declines throughout the day as melatonin, our body's most potent endogenous antioxidant, begins to rise and eventually puts us to sleep.
Alpha - lipoic acid, another powerful endogenous antioxidant, increases glutathione production in the body, as does the sleep hormone melatonin — which stimulates production of the antioxidant enzyme glutathione peroxidase.
Mechanism The researchers suspect that physical exercise generates free radicals, and as a result the body produces more endogenous antioxidants.
The cells reacted to this by stepping up their production of endogenous antioxidants, such as the enzymes superoxide dismutase [SOD] and catalase.