Sentences with phrase «damaging oxygen free radicals»

One possibility, advanced by the Wisconsin team, is that restricting food consumption reduces the production of tissue - damaging oxygen free radicals that are a byproduct of food metabolism.

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

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.

S. Okada, «Iron - induced tissue damage and cancer: the role of reactive oxygen species - free radicals,» Pathology International 46, no. 5 (May 1996): 311 - 32.

Reactive oxygen species, also called free radicals, are chemicals that typically contain oxygen, are known to be found in cigarette smoke, and cause DNA damage in cells.

For decades, researchers have known that reactive oxygen species, or free radicals, can do serious damage to cells and trigger cancer.

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.

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.

Cystine is responsible for maintaining high levels of antioxidants that disarm free radicals of oxygen; so when the researchers got rid of this nutrient, the cancer cells essentially died by their own hand of free radical damage.

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.

Antioxidants are vital to our bodies since they help to prevent cell damage and protect against disease by mopping up destructive, unstable oxygen molecules known as free radicals.

They are loaded with precious antioxidants which are needed to keep the free radicals at bay (free radicals, oxidative damage created when cells use oxygen).

So by replacing carbs with healthy fats, your cells» mitochondria are less likely to suffer damage from free radicals that are caused by reactive oxygen species or ROS.

Because it's a heavy oxygen user the brain is highly susceptible to free radical damage.

They are believed to protect cells from free radicals, harmful oxygen molecules thought to damage cells that result in cancer, atherosclerosis, Alzheimer's disease, and rheumatoid arthritis, and they may be the underlying reason why we age.

Like the other antioxidant vitamins discussed above, vitamin E prevents tissue damage of the thyroid gland which can be caused by free radicals especially the reactive oxygen species formed from lipid peroxidation.

Ginkgo biloba protects brain cells from damage caused by free radicals while improving blood circulation and oxygen delivery through the microcapillaries.

All of these happen because the free radicals and reactive oxygen species produced caused significant damage to the thyroid and reduced thyroid hormone production.

Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) and Reactive Nitrogen Species (RNS) are known as «free radicals» and have been shown to cause damage and death to the cells they come in contact with.

It is very well known that polyunsaturated fats oxidize rapidly when exposed to oxygen and heat, and this oxidation creates free radicals, oxidative damage, and cell death.

An ORAC score (Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity) is the measurement a particular food has in protecting you from free radical or oxidation damage and is commonly used to claim a products pRadical Absorbance Capacity) is the measurement a particular food has in protecting you from free radical or oxidation damage and is commonly used to claim a products pradical or oxidation damage and is commonly used to claim a products potency.

Research suggests that Vitamin C is a highly effective antioxidant and that small amounts can protect essential molecules in the body from free radical damage and reactive oxygen species generated during normal metabolism, as well as through exposure to toxins and pollutants.

It boosts the immune system, protects vision, stops the build - up of oxidised fats, and helps to convert carbohydrates into energy and most crucially reduces the damage done to important cell components caused by reactive oxygen molecules such as free radicals and peroxides7.

So, between their beta - carotene and vitamin C content, green beans have all areas covered against damage from oxygen free radicals.

Energy metabolism and the production of Reactive Oxygen Species (very small molecules that can result in significant damage to cell structures, of which include oxygen ions, free radicals and peroxides) are thought to underpin many nuerodegenerative disorders, and creatine is thought to enhance the brains ability to survive the metabolic and physical trauma associated with these condiOxygen Species (very small molecules that can result in significant damage to cell structures, of which include oxygen ions, free radicals and peroxides) are thought to underpin many nuerodegenerative disorders, and creatine is thought to enhance the brains ability to survive the metabolic and physical trauma associated with these condioxygen ions, free radicals and peroxides) are thought to underpin many nuerodegenerative disorders, and creatine is thought to enhance the brains ability to survive the metabolic and physical trauma associated with these conditions.

Oxygen free radicals cause lipid peroxidation, which results in damage to cell membranes and this can cause premature aging, skin cancer and cell death.»

In the late 1980s, scientists realized that alpha - lipoic acid, a compound initially classified as a vitamin when it was discovered three decades earlier, possessed potent antioxidant properties that could prevent healthy cells from getting damaged by unstable oxygen molecules called free radicals.

Solution: Standard antioxidant formulas protect from oxygen free radical damage.

Vitamin E - Found in almonds, wheat germ oil, peanuts and turnip greens, E is an antioxidant which neutralizes free radicals, the toxic oxygen - based molecules that damage cells and can lead to cancer.

Antioxidants work by significantly slowing or preventing the oxidative — or damage from oxygen — process caused by substances called free radicals that can lead to cell dysfunction and the onset of problems like heart disease and diabetes.

Superoxide dismutase (SOD) is found inside the body's mitochondria (the oxygen - based energy factories inside most of our cells) where it provides protection against damage from the free radicals produced during energy production.

Fats and cholesterol are very susceptible to free radical damage, a process that occurs when they are exposed to oxygen.

Antioxidants fight the damaging effects of reactive oxygen in the body which promote free radicals.

Piperine can also attenuate free radicals and reactive oxygen species and has been shown to protect against oxidative damage in vitro.

The reactive oxygen species and free radicals released from such reactions like lipid peroxidation can progressively damage neurons.

Antioxidants are effective at preventing something called sebum peroxidation, which is when free radicals damage the skin's sebum, lowering its oxygen content, and making it an ideal environment for an anaerobic bacteria, P. acnes, to thrive and reproduce.

The same thing that makes vitamin C so important — its ability to protect against free radical damage — also makes it very prone to damage by heat, oxygen, and storage over time.

EGCG can protect brain cells from oxidative damage caused by harmful free radicals and reactive oxygen species.

Foods high in antioxidants work throughout the body to fight free radicals, unstable oxygen molecules that damage individual cell DNA and that can cause a host of problems.

* It is also a highly effective antioxidant that can protect the body's cells and molecules from damage by free radicals and reactive oxygen species generated during normal metabolism and exposure to environmental stressors.

* It is also a potent antioxidant that can protect the body's cells and molecules from damage by free radicals and reactive oxygen molecules generated during normal metabolism and typical environmental exposures.

* It is also a highly effective antioxidant that can protect the body's cells and molecules from damage by free radicals and reactive oxygen molecules generated during normal metabolism and exposure to environmental stressors.

Antioxidants work by significantly slowing or preventing the oxidative — or damage from oxygen — process caused by substances called free radicals that can lead to cell dysfunction and the onset of problems like heart disease and diabetes, but also of the inflammation underpinning psoriasis.

Lipid peroxidation produces free radicals and reactive oxygen species that can damage cellular membranes and even oxidize LDL cholesterol.

But the process of producing ATP creates a huge burst of damaging free radicals known as reactive oxygen species (ROS), which are the chief cause of mitochondria destruction.

Free radicals are oxygen atoms which can badly damage cell structures leading to lowered immune response and vulnerability to numerous degenerative diseases.

Generation of reactive oxygen species, or free radicals such as superoxide and hydrogen peroxide, is a normal byproduct of metabolism, but can damage cellular machinery when excessive and impair the production of cellular energy, which becomes a vicious cycle as energy - intensive repair processes become untenable (25, 26).

When our cells use oxygen, they naturally produce «free radicals» (by - products) which cause damage to our DNA, cell membranes and cellular organelles.

A number of clinical studies have shown that Ginkgo biloba can protect brain cells from damage caused by free radicals while improving blood circulation and oxygen delivery, particularly through the microcapillaries.