Feb 18, 2020 | Oxidative Stress, Wellness
What’s the difference between cholesterol and oxidized cholesterol? For the past few decades, scientists have been investigating the flaws in the long-held belief that total cholesterol is a major health problem. Doctors and researchers are (mostly) in consensus...
Jan 6, 2020 | Featured, Oxidative Stress, Wellness
Oxidative stress is the condition that occurs when pro-oxidants (a.k.a., oxidants) outnumber antioxidants. Left unresolved, oxidative stress can lead to severe health problems with more familiar names. This complicated cascade of cellular damage has numerous players,...
Nov 29, 2018 | Oxidative Stress, Vitamins and Nutrients
Free radicals are an unfortunate effect of living in the 21st century. Each day we are bombarded with substances that create free radicals in our bodies. These are in everything from the air we breathe (cigarette smoke, air pollution), to the foods we eat (pesticides,...
Mar 18, 2014 | Oxidative Stress, Vitamins and Nutrients
What a Pro Oxidant Does An oxidant, or pro oxidant, is any substance that seeks to take electrons away from another substance. When enough electrons are lost without prompt replacement, this process of oxidation eventually results in cellular, and ultimately tissue,...
Feb 24, 2014 | Oxidative Stress, Vitamins and Nutrients
Free radicals were little known to most of us 25 years ago. Free radicals are formed in our bodies during normal processes, but as researchers have learned in recent years, excess free radicals can cause major damage throughout the body. So, what are antioxidants?...
Nov 8, 2013 | Oxidative Stress, Vitamins and Nutrients
Free radicals were little known to most of us 25 years ago. Researchers are beginning to uncover the damage throughout the body that excess free radicals can cause. To begin understanding free radicals, one must understand basic chemistry. Your cells are made up...
