Carotenoids are antioxidants providing
protection against cancer causing agents.
Not exact matches
They may have lacked a gene mutation that modern humans carry that offers some
protection against cancer -
causing chemicals found in wood smoke.
Given well - established evidence that free radicals can
cause cancer, the research community had simply assumed that antioxidants, which destroy them, provide
protection against the disease.
The latest data from a large clinical trial of Merck's cervical
cancer vaccine, Gardasil, found it offered 100 %
protection against cervical, vulval and vaginal diseases,
caused by HPV (types 6, 11, 16 and 18) and 98 %
protection against advanced pre-cancers
caused by HPV types 16 and 18 (New England Journal of Medicine: vol 356, p1915).
One vaccine — Gardasil 9 — also offers
protection against five additional HPV types that
cause about 20 percent of cervical
cancers.
These provide antioxidant and anti-inflammatory
protection against oxidative stress
caused by free radicals, thereby slowing down the aging process and reducing the risk of chronic diseases such as
cancer.
Research shows that some varieties have even been found to have better oxidative
protection (
protection against cancer -
causing free radicals) and be easier for those with wheat sensitivities to handle.
On the other hand, when too much estrogen is around, rye's lignans, by occupying estrogen receptors, block out the much more powerful human estrogens,
causing a lowering in estrogenic activity, and providing potential
protection against breast
cancer.
Carotenoids are also antioxidants providing
protection against free radicals (
cancer causing agents).
They offer antioxidant agents providing natural
protection against free radicals (
cancer causing agents).
They are also rich in Vitamin A and carotenoids that provide
protection against free radicals (
cancer causing agents).
Carotenoids are antioxidants providing cellular
protection against free radicals —
cancer causing elements.