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| Antioxidants ..why we stand behind our product NutriVir TM Back to NutriVir product page. Why are antioxidants necessary? Oxygen is a required component of normal human metabolism. The body is much like a slow burning stove, in that it uses oxygen to generate the energy (heat) necessary to drive the many reactions required to sustain life. Like any process that generates heat, safeguards are necessary to prevent damage to the cell from high levels of oxygen turnover. These safeguards exist in the form of both enzymatic and nonenzymatic reactions. The enzymatic reactions require cofactors such as selenium and zinc, while the nonenzymatic systems rely on the presence of antioxidant molecules such as ascorbic acid or beta-carotene. Stress in a variety of forms can overwhelm these safeguards, resulting in the production of highly reactive forms of oxygen called free radicals. A large number of scientific publications over the last three years have implicated free radical reactions in the pathology of more than 50 human diseases. In fact, the oxidative stress resulting from the large-scale production of these free radicals is now believed to be a feature of most, if not all, human chronic diseases, including AIDS, cancer, cardiovascular diseases, arthritis, chronic fatigue syndrome, psoriasis and asthma. Furthermore, drugs used to treat these diseases may themselves contribute to increased oxidative stress. Radiation and cancer chemotherapy damage normal cells and produce reactive oxygen. Antioxidants ... maintaining good health. We at BIOnexus® believe that nutritional supplementation, particularly antioxidant supplementation, plays an important role in maintaining good health. Free radical damage to cells occurs when your body's antioxidant defenses are overwhelmed and has been implicated in the pathogenesis of most acute and chronic debilitating diseases and also in the normal aging process. It is believed that disease progression may be retarded by supplementing your natural antioxidant defenses. And in addition, several of the dietary antioxidants have immune stimulating properties. Strong support of the immune system is critical in the treatment of any infectious disease and diseases such as cancer, as well as defending yourself against colds and flu. (Antioxidant definition in glossary) |
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