Sentences with phrase «hand of free radical damage»

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.

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Similar to the physical and cellular burn of exercise that creates some oxidizing free radicals, the «stress» from cruciferous vegetables stimulates our mitochondria to produce homemade antioxidants to counterbalance the oxidation and protect our vital DNA.28 Even cancer cells have caught on to this central role of our mitochondria — the bastards can amplify their levels of some of these same pathways — further stressing their importance for survival.25 However, our cells still seem to have the upper hand, as multiple studies show that the organosulfur chemicals in many of these anticancer vegetables can severely stress cancer cells, leading to oxidative damage, and ultimately, death.29