The large categories of disease for which ketones may have therapeutic effects are: 1) diseases of substrate insufficiency or insulin resistance; 2) diseases
resulting from free radical damage; and 3) disease resulting from hypoxia [11].
Not exact matches
This is not only because it protects it
from the
free radicals that
result in wrinkles, but also because coffee can lend your skin some protection
from the sun's
damage: apparently coffee drinkers have lower chances of developing skin cancer than those who don't indulge.
The
results show that using goji berries dried, juice or powder increases your protection against
free radical damage from the sun.
The oxidative stress theory of aging holds that oxidation
from molecules called «
free radicals» causes
damage to cells over time,
resulting in sarcopenia and other decline.
Hourigan says blanching is a very quick process that doesn't
result in loss of vitamins or nutrients, and in fact activates antioxidants that protect the body
from free radicals, which can cause severe
damage to cells.
They are believed to protect cells
from free radicals, harmful oxygen molecules thought to
damage cells that
result in cancer, atherosclerosis, Alzheimer's disease, and rheumatoid arthritis, and they may be the underlying reason why we age.
They neutralize
free radical damage by offering up one of their own electrons, thereby helping to prevent and repair cell and tissue breakdown that can
result in further
damage and disease — everything
from wrinkles to hyperpigmentation.
Free radicals «steal» electrons
from the lipids in cell membranes,
resulting in cell
damage.
The symptoms that you normally associate with aging (decreased mobility, decreased mental function, aches & pains, wrinkles, etc.) are also the
result of accumulated
damage from free radicals to your cells.
Science has now proven that almost every disease is the
result of accumulated
damage from free radicals to affected cells.
The
results of this study found that the Yerba Mate tea reduced lipid peroxidation (a process whereby
free radicals «steal» electrons
from the lipids in cell membranes,
resulting in cell
damage).
Your cell membranes are made of lipids, so vitamin E effectively prevents your cell's protective coatings
from becoming rancid as a
result of
free radical damage.
Information
from the journal Neurochemistry International shows that the nutrient is able to protect delicate glial cells in the brain against
free radical damage that occurs as a
result of low grade bacterial infection common in overweight and obese individuals.
Oxidative stress is the oxidative
damage that
results from an imbalance between
free radicals and your body's store of antioxidants.
Antioxidants help protect us against
damage caused by
free radicals as a
result of toxins
from our environment and lifestyle (mental stress, poor diet, etc.).
This is because antioxidants help protect body cells
from the dangerous
free radicals which are thought to cause the cell
damage that can
result in many different illnesses.
An important pathogenetic mechanism involved in chronic hepatitis (regardless of its cause) is the so called oxidative
damage,
resulting from the liberation of oxygen
free radicals from inflammatory and immune cells during the inflammatory process.
Curcumin can also help prevent blood vessel problems that can
result in cardiovascular disease, and it acts as an antioxidant, helping to protect tissues
from free radicals that can cause
damage.