Sentences with phrase «damaging substances in»

Genetic variation may play a role, as could exposure to nerve - damaging substances in the environment, or both.

«Moreover, those studies have tended to use just isolated nicotine and not all the potentially damaging substances in cigarette smoke,» she says.

Not exact matches

The Environmental Protection Agency says the Michigan incident showed that, unlike other types of crude, bitumen can sink in water — the Kalamazoo will have to be dredged to contain damage — and might emit dangerous levels of benzene, a carcinogenic substance, when it breaks out.

Antioxidants are substances that help to prevent the damaging effects of oxidation in the body, and diseases related to aging.

The special type of phytonutrients found in cinnamon have an amazing ability to stabilize blood sugar levels, prevent fat - storing insulin spikes, protect the body from damaging free - radicals, and, most amazingly, actually have the ability to «turn on genes» within our body that produce highly protective anti-inflammatory substances.

These substances are often damaged or totally removed in processing.

These are substances that reduce damage caused by free radicals in our bodies, thereby helping to curb diseases such as cancer.

-LSB-...] I have explained in past posts, nightshades contain highly inflammatory substances that can damage the gut lining and increase -LSB-...]

Alarmed by DMSO's sudden popularity and worried about misuse of it, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration banned the substance for medical use in 1965, citing a study that suggested it caused eye damage in laboratory rats.

When bilirubin, a substance in the blood of newborns, builds up and is left untreated, it can migrate into the brain causing permanent damage.

Because the red blood cells are more prone to damage by oxidative substances in an individual with G6PD Deficiency, a diet rich in antioxidants is important.

Findings of the research, published April 22 in the journal Mucosal Immunology, reveal that a substance found in animal and human breast milk called epidermal growth factor, or EGF, blocks the activation of a protein responsible for unlocking the damaging immune cascade that culminates in NEC, a disease marked by the swift and irreversible death of intestinal tissue that remains one of the most - challenging - to - treat conditions.

«But the two arteries and vein in the umbilical cord are protected by a thick substance called Wharton's jelly, which cushions the vessels from serious damage.»

Naturally present in bodily secretions such as saliva, milk and tears, these highly reactive substances can cause damage to bacterial cells, resulting in their death.

The substance, known as SIS, allows the batteries to stretch to twice their size, in any direction, without suffering damage.

Levels of a nerve cell signaling molecule called substance P — measured in tear samples — might be a useful marker of diabetes - related nerve damage (neuropathy), suggests a study in the July issue of Optometry and Vision Science, the official journal of the American Academy of Optometry.

Dr. Markoulli and colleagues sought to determine whether substance P levels in tears reflect damage to the corneal nerves in diabetic patients.

Tear samples from patients with diabetes show elevated levels of substance P, which are related to early damage to the corneal nerves, which may contribute to the development of corneal ulcers and poor wound healing in patients with diabetes, according to the pilot study by Maria Markoulli, PhD, MOptom, FAAO, and colleagues of University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.

«It's possible that the decline in the gut's barrier function associated with normal aging might let damaging substances or pathogens into the body.»

The substances in question were not considered damaging before as they were «generally thought to be too short - lived to reach the stratosphere in large quantities,» explains Oram, a research fellow of the UK's National Centre for Atmospheric Science.

This can be exploited in the therapy, as Rottenberg explains: «DNA - repair - defective sleeper cells respond to particular substances that damage DNA.»

Pharmaceuticals and household chemicals in rivers and streams may be affecting how fish mate and spawn, scientists warn, even when the substances are not present at levels high enough to cause visible damage.

«We don't know which substance in tobacco smoke might be responsible, but at this point there is strong evidence that smoking is damaging young brains.»

Researchers find that a substance indicating oxidative damage increases in urine as people get older.

«What we are learning today is that suPAR in a general way is to kidneys what cholesterol is to the heart, a substance that can cause damage if levels rise too high, or a substance that can likely make many forms of kidney disease worse,» Reiser says.

An autopsy revealed organ damage consistent with poisoning, but no foreign substances in his body.

RIPK1, the researchers found, inflicts damage by directly attacking the body's myelin production plants — nerve cells known as oligodendrocytes, which secrete the soft substance, rich in fat and protein that wraps around axons to support their function and shield them from damage.

The high - fat diet without the flavanones increased the levels of cell - damage markers called thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS) by 80 percent in the blood and 57 percent in the liver compared to mice on a standard diet.

Our investigations on human cell lines in the laboratory have shown that synthetic cannabinoids, in the high concentrations found in cells in the oral cavity or in the lungs, for example, are likely to trigger damage to the DNA that may have significant consequences for the consumers of such substances.

Changes in these fat - like substances, may suggest a method to diagnose all forms of Alzheimer's disease before significant damage to the brain occurs.

Allergens are usually proteins (called antigens) found in a non-infectious allergy - causing substance (for example pollens or dust mites), which ultimately trigger the immune system to respond in a way that can be harmful, causing tissue damage and serious disease.

One way to search for HD biomarkers in humans is to measure levels of many substances in the blood, then compare these levels with the severity of symptoms or images of damage to the brain.

«This in vitro system allows us to effectively recapitulate the filtration of small substances contained in blood into the urinary compartment while retaining large proteins in the blood compartment just like in our bodies, and we can visualize and monitor the damage inflicted by drugs that cause breakdown of the filtration barrier in the kidney,» said Musah.

Air pollution is broadly defined as the presence in the air of any pollutant (or substance) that directly or indirectly endangers, interferes with, causes damages, degrades or alters human health, animal health, the environment, or ecosystems.

The new technique gave unprecedented three - dimensional image sharpness, avoiding damage to living cells and allowing substances such as neurotransmitters and calcium ions administered in an inactive form to be instantaneously activated in a tiny volume of tissue.

Antioxidants are substances that help break down free radicals, which are molecules produced in the body that can cause damage.

For those with severely damaged guts, these proteins do not get digested properly, and, consequently, turn into morphine - like substances, similar in structure to opiates.

The release of reactive oxygen species is also common in inflammaging, and these substances cause oxidative damage to cells and tissues, releasing debris that further elicits inflammation.

Sugar has proved to be one of the most damaging substances to health and is a major factor in premature aging.

Vitamin C neutralizes free radicals, those inflammatory substances in the body that can damage cells.

If diatomaceous earth gets in your eyes, it can cause irreparable damage (because the particles are so small that they cut into the jelly - like substance of your eyes and can't be rinsed away), just so you know.

Chemical mediators of pain can be controlled by balancing muscle and joint function in order to prevent further damage, in addition to being controlled by nutritional substances that assist in healing and reducing inflammation.

Easy recipe for homemade kale chips that preserves the nutrients and reduces the potential for thyroid damage from the goitrogenic substances in this popular leafy...

GSH is unique in that it plays a crucial role in protecting us from a wide variety of substances that can do significant damage to our tissues Those suffering from many chronic diseases such as AIDS, advanced diabetes, and cancer have very low levels, hence the obvious importance in human health and why researchers continue to study it.

Almonds, for one, are packed with vitamin E, «one of the most important antioxidants in the skin... which helps prevent damage from free radicals, improves the ability of skin to act as a protective barrier and absorb energy from UV light, and also protects sebum [skin's oily substance] from inflammatory damage,» Dr. Bowe says.

He is making a comparative statement in the form of an analogy to underscore his point about how ingesting one food for its good nutrients (e.g. fish or supplemented margarine) can be detrimental if that particular food also contains known toxins and damaging substances (e.g., mercury, dioxins, xenoestrogens, and PCBs in the case of fish and trans fats in the case of supplemented margarine).

Testosterone Replacement Therapy (TRT) in older men might be replaced with more targeted substances that may not convert to dihydrotestosterone, cause balding, reduce natural testosterone production, damage the heart and enlarge the prostate.

Nowadays refined sugars, alcohol and coffee also feature heavily in our diets and these substances all damage our natural intestinal flora.

Bottom line; our bodies are overworked from trying to get rid of these foreign, and damaging, substances that are in our system.

In addition, the liver helps to break down old or damaged blood cells and produces substances that help blood to clot.