The final factor is
excessive free radicals in your body.
Pollution, chemicals, processed foods and even exercise can result in
excessive free radicals in your body.
Not exact matches
By eliminating
excessive free radicals and their proliferation, you can restore the
body's natural vitamin and mineral levels thus allowing the
body's cells to repair themselves, and assisting our
body in healing.
Even the healthiest among us have some
free radicals in our systems, but when
free excessive radicals are formed
in the
body, the harmful condition known as oxidative stress occurs, possibly leading to disease.
Free radicals are formed naturally
in the
body, but their production is increased by factors such as smoking, alcohol, air pollution, infection, stress,
excessive sunlight, and toxins like radiation and asbestos.
Free radicals are formed through normal processes
in the
body, but they can also be attributed to smoking,
excessive alcohol consumption, exposure to chemicals, high blood pressure, increased stress, and a poor diet with trans fats and processed foods.
In the
body,
excessive NO facilitates the creation of the most damaging
free radical, a prooxidant known as peroxynitrite.
Scientists have known that
excessive steady state endurance exercise (different for everyone, but sometimes defined as greater than 60 minutes per session most days of the week) increases
free radical production
in the
body, can degenerate joints, reduces immune function, causes muscle wasting, and can cause a pro-inflammatory response
in the
body that can potentially lead to chronic diseases.