by:
Carina MacInnes
As Dr. Nicholas Perricone, M.D., states in
his 2001 book, “The Wrinkle Cure”:
“When it comes to aging, it’s
not Father Time that’s public enemy
number 1. It’s the very busy, very nasty
little molecule called the free radical.”
The Free Radical Theory of Aging was published
by Denman Harman in 1956. He theorized that
aging is a result of free radical damage of
the cells of the body. This is also called
oxidative stress.
Today, a great deal of experimental evidence
supports the premise that length of life is
determined by the crucial balance of antioxidants
with free radicals in the body. Oxidative
stress is being shown to be at the root of
disease and aging.
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One example is that the life of the fruit
fly was up to 30% longer when it was genetically
altered with an addition of enzymatic antioxidants.
Not only that, but the altered fruit flies
also showed a reduced amount of age-related
oxidative damage.
Studies of humans have also shown evidence
of free radical damage playing a large part
in human aging. One 1996 study compared markers
of free radical damage in the blood and found
evidence of the highest oxidative damage associated
with the disabled elderly, an intermediate
amount with the healthy elderly, and the lowest
levels with the healthy adults.
The study also found that higher blood levels
of antioxidant Vitamins C and E were associated
with less disability, and signs of free radical
damage were associated with more disability.
We need to rethink our concept of aging.
We accept disease, disability, senility, wrinkles,
and all the other many signs of aging as natural.
Instead, we should view this as ‘unsuccessful
aging’ – ie., aging associated
with deterioration, disease and disability.
Successful aging is what happens when the
human body is able to fight off oxidative
stress, and continue to regenerate and repair
itself. Successful aging is getting older
healthily, without significant pathological
conditions.
What the evidence is telling us is that it
is crucial we take antioxidants and free radicals
very seriously if we want to ‘age gracefully’
and avoid the many pitfalls of ‘unsuccessful
aging’.
Even young people can be victims of unsuccessful
aging, if they are not providing their bodies
with the necessary balance of having have
enough dietary antioxidants to fight off the
free radicals.
In our modern culture, many of us are guilty
of not getting adequate nutrition. It’s
ironic, when we are the richest we have ever
been that we should be feeding our bodies
so poorly.
An interesting example of how a person can
seriously damage their body with the wrong
diet was seen in the Documentary ‘Super
Size Me’ by Morgan Spurlock who ate
only McDonald’s for a month. In just
30 days of having a junk food diet as his
sole source of nutrition, his health was spiraling
downwards and out of control.
The fact that he gained 25 pounds in a month
was the least of his worries. He experienced
a toxic liver, a significant increase in cholesterol,
headaches, depression, a lower sex drive and
poor skin. He returned to normal after his
experiment ended.
Unfortunately a great many of us continue
to do damage to our bodies, by smoking cigarettes,
drinking coffee, eating junk food, and not
eating our vegetables. When the media began
warning us of free radicals, many of us did
not understand the massive damage we were
causing our bodies or how to prevent it, especially
as most of the signs of damage are invisible
until it is too late.
Free radical damage is accumulative and spreads
like wildfire over time. Do your body a favor.
Feed it a diet rich in antioxidant nutrition.
Make it a habit, eat your fruits and vegetables,
take your vitamins, and try to stop or cut
down on damaging bad habits. You will thank
yourself in 20 years.
Use antioxidants wisely to age successfully.
Maybe like the fruit fly, you too can live
30% longer.
About The Author
Carina MacInnes is a writer who offers a free
e-course on how free radicals affect our health,
using antioxidants for healing and anti-aging,
and the latest in superfood nutrition. For
her health she uses an antioxidant-packed
superfood liquid nutrient. Get all the info
now: http://acai-4life.com.
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