These compounds help maintain blood flow, keep platelets from clotting excessively (platelets are compounds in blood that, when triggered, clump together, thus preventing excessive blood loss, and protect LDL
from free radical oxidation into potentially harmful cholesterol oxides.
The polyphenol consituents of honey are suggested, by animal research, to have neuroprotective effects
against free radical oxidation of delicate brain fats, misfolding of proteins, excitotoxicity, and inflammation.
Beta - carotenes are thought to
fight free radical oxidation thanks to their antioxidant properties, boost immune function, and support the health of our skin and eyes.
Beta - carotenes are thought to fight
free radical oxidation thanks to their antioxidant properties, boost immune function, and support the health of our skin and eyes.
Cacao lovers reap tons of body - loving benefits of which include enhanced memory, improved blood flow and lower blood pressure, and protection against
free radical oxidation due to cacao's ample amount of antioxidants.
Even these products, however, had limits, in that they could do little to improve the health of cells that had been damaged
by free radical oxidation.
I use vitamin E whenever I eat at a restaurant or any other meal containing a dose of unsaturated fat as a strategy to protect myself from the
increased free radical oxidation these fats cause.