Sentences with phrase «damaging free radicals which»

Garlic can have a powerful antioxidant effect in the body, which means it helps to protect against damaging free radicals which can cause cancer.

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Tomatoes also contain the antioxidant vitamins A and C, which fight cell damaging free radicals.

They have twice the amount of vitamin C as a Russet, which helps protects your cells from free - radical damage.

ORAC scores measure the ability of antioxidants to absorb free radicals (that come from pollution and toxins in our environment), which cause cell and tissue damage and can lead to diseases such as cancer.

Vitamin C is also an antioxidant which can help prevent damage to our skin by free radicals.

They're high in antioxidants which means they help combat free radicals to reduce our disease risk and oxidative damage.

Oxidation is a chemical reaction that releases free radicals, which proceed to cause cell damage.

This bright colored «superfood» is a powerful antioxidant which minimizes damage from free radicals.

They're also a good source of zinc, which benefits the prostate, as well as omega - 3s which provide protection from inflammation, heart disease, and free radical damage.

Yellow squash also contains lutein and zeaxanthin, which are vital for maintaining eye health and reducing damage from free radicals.

The oxidation process creates free - radicals which can damage the body» s cells.

Trans fats react with oxygen and iron in the bloodstream to create free radicals which cause tissue damage and fry your arteries.

Antioxidants are an immediate defense line against destructive free radicals which interact with and damage cells.

Oats contain unique antioxidant compounds called avenanthramides, which help to prevent free radical damage.

However, this study may offer more useful applications for American diets, since the main dietary oils in the U.S. are the polyunsaturated oils from corn and soy, which are very prone to oxidation and free radical damage when heated.

Chilly weather calls for this spicy ingredient, which can help even skin tone and improve elasticity, Its 40 + antioxidant properties also fight aging and prevent damage from free radicals.

The salmon provides high quality omega - 3 fatty acids EPA & DHA that are essential for neuronal firing and the powerful anti-oxidant astaxanthin which protects the nervous system from free radical damage.

They're a source of carotenoids, which help prevent free radical damage, and are considered to be an anti-inflammatory food (two more points for skin care).

Eggplant is loaded with phytonutrients that act as antioxidants that help to reduce the number of free radicals in the body which damage cells and may contribute to certain diseases, including some cancers and heart diseases.

Goji berries are a natural treatment for macular degeneration and beneficial for vision because of their high levels of antioxidants (especially zeaxanthin), which can help stop damage from UV light exposure, free radicals and other forms of oxidative stress.

Antioxidants fight free radicals in the body, which are produced in the body -LCB- exposure to sun, exercise, damage to cell -RCB-.

Barley grass may help prevent cancer due to the antioxidants it contains, which destroys the free radicals that damage healthy cells.

Most commercial skin care products in the US today are made from polyunsaturated oils which oxidize and turn rancid very quickly causing free radical damage in the skin.

Arginine also acts like an antioxidant by reducing lipid peroxidation which is a harmful process that creates cell damage from free radicals.

Magnesium is required for DNA and RNA synthesis as well as the synthesis of glutathione, which is a powerhouse antioxidant that combats free radicals and cellular damage.

Palm fruit oil is also a good source of Vitamin E due to its high levels of tocopherols and tocotrienols, which are effective in removing damaging oxygen - free radicals from our bodies.

Like all pumpkins, they are high in beta - carotene, an antioxidant that may help in the fight against free - radical damage (which can lead to big health problems including cancer).

Real food is high in antioxidants which fight free radical damage.

This exceptional food offers antioxidant and anti-inflammatory protection to your cells, preventing DNA damage caused by free radicals and reduces oxidative stress which leads to premature aging.

As well as being a great source of Vitamin C, strawberries are rich in antioxidants, which are vital in defending the body from free radical damage.

The way free radical do their damage is by carrying around one or more unpaired electrons, which makes them unstable.

Then that cell (now a free radical) goes and steals an electron from another healthy cell which essentially starts a free radical cascade that can cause serious DNA damage if it continues.

It also contains high concentrations of beta carotene which protects the body against damage from pollutants and free radicals.

Antioxidants rid the body of of free radicals which damage the body's cells in later life and contribute to conditions like heart disease and cancer.

That's because it comes from plants, which are prolific producers of polyphenols, antioxidant compounds believed to mop up so - called free radicals, very reactive molecules that can damage DNA.

Specifically, the Mount Sinai study was designed to test whether pharmacological compounds designed to block the function of XPO1 / CRM1 could stop disease progression in mouse models that exhibit some of the characteristics of MS. Researchers found that two chemical agents (called KPT - 276 and KPT - 350) prevented XPO1 / CRM1 from shuttling cargo out of the nucleus of nerve cells, which protected them from free radicals and structural damage.

In these animals, there was no gender gap in heart disease, and female mice were highly susceptible to oxidative damage from free radicals, which boost plaque formation in arteries.

But some clinical trials have suggested that such antioxidants, which sop up DNA - damaging molecules called free radicals, have the opposite effect and raise cancer risk in certain people.

At the hearing, Carpenter suggested that cell phones may increase the brain's production of reactive forms of oxygen called free radicals, which can interact with and damage DNA.

But she's baffled by how free radicals — which have very short lifetimes and travel short distances — could reach the nucleus of even adjacent cells in time to inflict DNA damage.

Exactly how the tea protects against heart disease remains unclear, but Kuriyama speculates that antioxidant chemicals in green tea, called polyphenols, reduce the action of free radicals in the body, which may damage cells.

Pathogens may also generate free radicals, which can damage DNA.

The body protects itself against free radicals using antioxidants, but if the level of antioxidants is too low, radiation produces oxidative stress and genetic damage, which leads to aging and death.

This metabolic demand makes brain cells particularly vulnerable to damage from oxidative stress, in which reactive oxygen species (ROS), sometimes called free radicals, exert toxic effects on cellular components.

This caused oxidative stress — too much oxygen that damages healthy cells — and allowed the release of harmful molecules, called free radicals, which resulted in serious illness.

It's thought that this damage happens when photons (light particles) create free radicals, which are highly reactive molecules that can «poison» cells and kill them, Van Gelder said.

The Einstein team suspected that cysteine was helping to kill TB bacteria by acting as a «reducing agent» that triggers the production of reactive oxygen species (sometimes called free radicals), which can damage DNA.

In addition to shutting down OXPHOS, the OXPHOS - produced internal free radicals must have also indiscriminately damaged many other parts of the mitochondrial DNA, and probably the mitochondrial membrane as well, as compared to normal mitochondria which are constantly dividing and refreshing their membranes.

Organisms which age more slowly consistently display lower rates of mitochondrial free radical damage.

Closely correlated with this is the observation that organisms which age more slowly also consistently display lower rates of mitochondrial free radical damage.