Sentences with phrase «oxidized by free radicals»

Vitamin C also helps to protect cholesterol from becoming oxidized by free radicals.

They are also very rich in vitamin C that helps to protect cholesterol from becoming oxidized by free radicals, thus preventing damage to blood vessels.

In the past 13 years, several other signs and symptoms have been associated with Syndrome X: low - density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol oxidized by free radicals, low levels of antioxidant vitamins, elevated C - reactive protein (C - RP, a marker of inflammation), [1] low dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) levels, high cortisol levels, and sometimes androgen - dependent baldness.

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In our body, antioxidants like the ones in this blueberry, pomegranate and lemon popsicle neutralize the free radicals by donating an electron and in turn become oxidized themselves.

Vitamins and antioxidants help keep your baby's skin safe by preventing products from oxidizing and creating free radicals.

Polyunsaturated oils are easily oxidized and damaged by free radicals.

Glutathione is reduced by these toxic free radicals, neutralizing them, and then this glutathione is normally recycled and becomes oxidized by a specific enzyme, so that it can then fulfill it's purpose once again.

They usually cause heart disease when their levels are high in the blood, and also when they are oxidized in the blood vessels by free radicals and so build up a mass that restricts the flow of blood in body, giving rise to strokes and heart failure.

If oxidizing glucose to produce energy for our bodies is so messy, creating free radicals the way cars burning their fuel produce combustion by - products out the exhaust, even if we're just idling, living our day - to - day lives, what if we rev up our lives, and start exercising — really start burning fuel?

Several qualities distinguish alpha - lipoic acid from other antioxidants: ALA can be synthesized by animals and humans; [1] it neutralizes free radicals in both the fatty and watery regions of cells, in contrast to vitamin C (water soluble) and vitamin E (fat soluble); and, ALA functions as an antioxidant in both its reduced and oxidized forms.