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Why Antioxidants Should Not Be 100% Effective

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About the the most challenging concepts to fully grasp about health and the way the human body works, is that everything has a reason and although some things like reactive oxygen species can be harmful, they are also absolutely necessary.

The trouble lies in how our lives and our environment have evolved much faster than we can keep pace with. Consider something as basic as the consumption of grains. You know, grains like corn, rice and wheat? I thought that we were designed to eat them, but that’s not the situation. Our cells and basic digestive needs haven’t advanced since our cavemen – hunter/gatherer roots and hunter gatherers did not grow wheat. Although we’ve been relying on bread for centuries, there are quite a few scientists and nutritionists who will say that truly -those foods don’t fit with our design.

So, if we haven’t evolved enough to eat the plants we’ve been farming for thousands of years, just ponder how our bodies (at a cellular level) are reacting to factors like cigarrette smoke, alcohol, smog, drugs and the chemicals that are included in our foods.

The answer is”Not at all”

Now look at free radicals which are also called ROS or Reactive Oxygen Species – ages before we had so many new external sources of reactive oxygen species, they were produced by our bodies as a normal byproduct of our metabolic and immune processes AND we had the native ability to preserve control of them. That has altered and for a lot of people it’s very important to take in antioxidants to control free radicals that our lifestyles have inflicted on our bodies. That’s one reason for all the talk about antioxidants, but there is actually another factor to think about. Another point of view is that although ROS can be highly toxic, redox reactions are also part of the basic chemical process of life. Lately, it has become increasingly evident that ROS/redox molecules also play a role in the regulation of many intracellular communication pathways that are essential for normal cell growth and immune reactions that are essential for our defense.

One example is Nitric Oxide which performs a function in nerve and vascularnerve and vascular function and regulation of the immune responses. Another even more stunning example is that ASEA, which contains millions of redox signaling molecules can increase the effectiveness of your body’s antioxidants by over 500%

ROS are an essential component of many metabolic pathways; they fuel the fire of basic energy productions. Our bodies have had to evolve complex processes to live with these reactive molecules and seem also to have evolved to use the reactive nature of these molecules for intracellular communication. Thus, a key concept in dealing with redox reactions must be to regulate but not eradicate, for turning off production of ROS is tantamount to turning off the engine that powers us.

the Benefits of Resveratrol

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Resveratrol an imporant ingredient in AIO Premium Cellular Health can be referred to as substance which is by natural means created by many plant life as part of the organic defenses–to safeguard theirselves from the outcomes related with inadequate growing circumstances, extreme climatic ailments as well as assaults from bugs and disease. Resveratrol continues to be identified of possessing highly effective antioxidant action within animals. For it’s anitoxidant benefits, Resveratrol is included in AIO Premium Cellular Health.

Several tests demonstrating the advantages to well becoming from reasonable dark wine consumption started the study on the benefits of resveratrol about ten years back. Red wine is different from light wines in that it’s fermented using the the grape containing resveratrol cases found throughout fermentation. The fermentation procedure contains the resveratrol in the accomplished red wine.

Current research on animals show resveratrol to be able to significantly strengthen expected life, boost stamina, and imitate the medical advantages of a calorie limited eating plan. Also, resveratrol continues to be demonstrated to be an effective antioxidant that can help reduce redness, and coronary heart disease. In a nutshell, resveratrol continues to be proved to be quite possibly very valuable!

Resveratrol helps maintain glucose levels and increase insulin sensitivity. This tends to make it an anti-diabetic compound found naturally. This could possibly help reduce dependencies on medications for some.

Many research have found it to increase testosterone manufacturing. For athletes this a natural and healthy advantage in muscle gain. By increasing the body’s own production of testosterone muscle strength, mass, and recovery from physical exercise is increased.

Resveratrol can be used in pill form in which it has a seventy % absorption rate. This is much higher than many vitamins and mineral deposits. research have found used with meals helps it bypass the intestinal intake of it. This means consuming when taking Resveratrol will increase complete assimilation. It is suggested to take it at minimum three times a day and at the very least in two-hundred and 50 milligram doses.

Why We Need More Bacteria

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A frustrated Dr. Alexander Khoruts was out of alternatives for treating a woman with a vicious gut infection of Clostridium difficile. Antibiotics weren’t working so Dr. Khoruts determined his patient should have a transplant.  He transplanted some of her husband’s bacteria .

Prior to the transplant , they determined , her gut flora was brutally depleted . “The normal bacteria just wasn’t there in her,” said Dr. Khoruts. “She was inhabited by all kinds of misfits.” Two weeks after the transplant , the donated bacteria had taken charge . “That population was able to function and cure her condition quickly”

To state that the scientific community was surprised with the outcome is definately an understatement.  It shouldn’t be. Researchers are regularly astonished by the inter workings , impact , and sheer number of microbes that live in our systems . We have over 10 times more bacteria than cells.

Everyone ends up with populations of different species, but those species generally fulfill the same necessary chemistry that we need to be healthy . One of those functions is breaking down complex plant molecules.  We have a pitifully small number of enzymes encoded in the human genome, so we rely on microbes . In addition to helping us digest , the bacteria helps us in many other ways. The bacteria in our nasal passage , for example, make antibiotics that fight off the dangerous pathogens we sniff .

In order to work in harmony  with our internal flora own bacteria population , our immune system must tolerate thousands of harmless species , while attacking pathogens . Researchers are finding that the microbiome itself guides the immune system to the proper balance.  One way the immune system fights pathogens is with inflammation. Too much inflammation can be damaging , so we also have immune cells that produce inflammation-reducing signals. With their ability to contain unrestrained free radicals, antioxidant populations also support an inflammation fighting function.

Scientists are finding new links between our bacteria populations and our health. They’re also finding that many diseases are accompanied by dramatic changes in the makeup of our inner ecosystems. For example asthmatics have a different collection of microbes in their lungs than healthy people. Obese people also have a different set of species in their guts than people with normal weight.

Some studies indicate that babies delivered by Caesarian section are more vulnerable to skin infections because they might lack the protective covering of microbes from their mother’s birth canal. Caesarean sections have also been connected to a rise in allergies and asthma in children . So have the high use of antibiotics in the U.S. and other developed countries. Farm children — can pick up healthy dose of microbes from the soil — are less prone to getting autoimmune disorders than their peers who are raised in cities.

We consistently underestimate the importance of microbes and bacteria to our health and our medical profession has been too quick to take out their pads of paper and write up prescriptions for antibiotics and synthetic drugs.  Digestive Enzyme supplements , healthy bacteria and antioxidant supplements   might be a more thoughtful route to take in the future if we want to change this trend.

Improve your digestion with enzymes

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Those of us who are familiar with and always aware of the importance of digestive enzymes sometimes forget that enzymes are necessary for more than fodd processing . In fact , in the absence of enzymes there would be no chemical reactions anywhere in our body, because enzymes represent the potential labor force your body can draw from to fire up every necessary chemical reaction. Without enzymes there is no life .

But food digestion uses a large investment of energy from your body in terms of enzyme capacity . Since we only have a certain enzyme potential when we’re born and it needs to last our entire life, it only makes sense to manage our capacity to manufacture enzymes and supplement when possible . One of the reasons that supplementing is necessary, is because our cooked diet is responsible for robbing us of the enzyme activity we would gain from a diet of raw food . (And if you can understand how we are shortchanged of our natural enzyme sources from our diets of cooked food, just think of the implications  for your dogs and cats !)

To supply our saliva and pancreatic, gastric and intestinal juices with the myriad of enzymes needed to process our intake of cooked food, our bodies need to steal from the provision of enzymes to our heart, brain , lungs, kidneys , muscles and other tissues and organs . According to food enzyme researcher, Dr. Edward Howell, that trade off between our digestive tract and the other organ systems in our bodies might directly contribute to the development of a few different chronic and incurable diseases .

In short , in the words of this physician , who has spent more than 40 years treating ongoing ailments  -the depletion of our enzyme “bank “, which is the direct result of our diets dominated by cooked – “enzyme dead” food, is a leading cause of premature aging and early death.

Since few of us will  move totally to a diet of raw foods , there are 2 simple steps that we can try to  address this problem .  The first is to make a conscious effort to eat more raw, vegetables and fruits replacing some of our cooked foods with simpler fare – like grains, fruits and vegetables.

Another idea – that’s also simple is to start supplementing  with quality digestive enzymes .  Maximizer, which is a product available from RGarden is a multi-enzyme supplement.  For people with problems like stomach ulcers, an even better choice is Gamma-Zyme another multi enzyme supplement that does not contain Protease ( for proteins) which can upset some stomachs.

What are Digestive Enzymes and why do I care?

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Enzymes are all complex molecules, that support every chemical reaction that happens in the body.  Digestive and Metabolic are the two majors types of enzymes.  The Metabolic enzymes fuel you body functions.  Digestive enzymes breakdown big food molecules into small enough , more easily used components.  Food begins with the enzymes necessary to aid the digestive process so that your body doesn’t need to do as much work.  But when we cook, refine or process food, most, if not all of the enzymes are destroyed.

Our digestive system’s job is to extract and absorb the critical nutrients contained in our food.  But, eating cooked foods means that  our body needs to draw enzymes from our pancreas, liver and other organs to support our digestion and over time this can contribute to a weakened immune response and it can slow down our metabolism.

Enzyme-deficient food sits in the upper part of your stomach rotting instead of  starting to digest . That’s what the enzymes are designed to do. When that happens your white blood cell count will increase since your immune system responds to your undigested food as an alien substance.  Additionally , it strains our systems to provide extra digestive enzymes at the expense of making metabolic enzymes for cellular activity.  If stomach acids don’t complete their function before the food moves into the small intestine, it’s possible for food particles to enter your blood system undigested!

This rotten material can cover the intestinal walls , hurting your ability to absorb needed nutrients and interfering with the removal of toxins through the intestinal wall.  In this environment, bacteria and viruses can thrive and easily multiply out of control and make you susceptible to infection, fatigue, and degenerative disease.

Very few of us are going to eat a raw food diet so we’re living on enzyme deficient food, but you can supplement with digestive enzymes like enzyme Blends like Maximizer, Gamma-Zyme or Quadra-Zyme Plus from RGarden.

Vitamins E & D3, Alma Fruit,Glutathione – Immune System Boosters

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As is the case most other things your immune responses weaken with age ,so you might want to think about taking natural immune boosters that can support this important function .

One such supplement is Vitamin E.  Based on some research from the Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, found at Tufts University in Boston , Vitamin E may prevent part of the immune system from declining with age .  The research ran with seventy eight healthy seniors , aged sixty-five plus and it found that 200 mg of Vitamin E every day for a period of 4 months triggered more antibody production in response to tetanus and hepatitis B vaccines .

Vitamin E can support the immune response by initiating extra production of our killer cells that destroy germs and cancerous cells. In addition to that , your B-cells,  the immune cells that create bacteria killing antibodies are stimulated in the presence of Vitamin E.  Another interesting thng – in a study conducted at the Harvard School of Public Health using Vitamin E supplements was shown to reduce the risk of heart attacks by 50% .

Vitamin D3 the one made in skin after exposure to the suns ultraviolet light is also an immune system booster .

A new natural health product with immune system boosters called AIO- Premium Cellular Health also has Alma fruit – which I had never heard of until now .  Alma fruit, or the Indian gooseberry is also an exceptional source of Vitamin C with 30 times as much as you’ll find in oranges.  Alma fruit grows naturally in plains and mountain areas of the Indian Subcontinent and grows anywhere from Afghanistan to Burma .

Ongoing research is showing that Alma fruit could help to treat and/or avoid problems like stress, cataracts , hay fever, arthritis and even cancer.  It’s no surprise that the Indian and Tibetan healers consider it to have special immune enhancing and anti-aging properties .

Japanese researchers at Nagasaki University found that extracts from alma fruit prevent the growth of cancerous cells, with the cells in the uterous, stomach and skin showing the most pronounced effect.  Alma fruit is a very concentrated source of antioxidants. The active immune booster found in Alma is called phyllemblin and it stimulates an increased creation of immune cells.

Each body comes with lots of antioxidant based defensive abilities , but inside cells a little protein called glutathione is critical . Glutathione is needed for the proper functioning of immune cells, to defend us from bacterial and viral infections. Among those with immune deficiency, glutathione concentrations are shown to be very low in blood and immune cells. When they can supplement glutathione levels to those found in healthy humans is likely to help immune deficient patients .

Some Words About Glutathione

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Do you need to learn more about heart disease, pain, liver disorders, male infertility, Cancer, Parkinson’s Disease, Alzheimer’s, inflammatory diseases or are you concerned about your aging body? If so, you’ll be well advised to do a little bit of research on antioxidants  and of all the antioxidants you can look into, you should learn more about Glutathione.

Glutathione, a small molecule in the body, is formed by three amino acids. The product of these amino acids exists in every cell in your body. But, it can only  be produced by your body. Glutathione is vital to your immune system. It aids in the production of lymphocytes, the cells that combat particular diseases and illnesses . These cells produce oxiradicals to protect us from diseases, and to produce them , the body needs more antioxidants. Your body will also, ironically, use antioxidants to get rid of the free oxyradicals .

We can use the food we eat to fuel the creation of the amino acids needed to also manufacture glutathione as well as building it from the acids already there in the cells . There are a variety of  foods to provide the fuel to make glutathione. Watermelon and asparagus are two such foods , as are many other fresh vegetables, fruits, and  meat . Whey protein is also a good source . Oral glutathione supplements are not usually absorbed into our systems. That’s a shame, since our ability to manufacturer glutathione declines dramatically after our twenties. Glutathione precursors like Cellgevity on the other hand, will help our body boost Glutathione production.

It’s important to note that Cellgevity as a precursor does not contain Glutathione.  It contains other substances that your body uses to help it manufacture more glutathione on it’s own.

Glutathione has earned it’s reputation as the Master antioxidant. It will also help our body make repairs caused by infection, radiation treatments, stress, injury, poor diet, and even burns and trauma . Antioxidants remove free radicals. This keeps our cells working as they should . Glutathione also aids the liver to remove foreign chemicals and other pollutants . As a matter of fact, most glutathione is manufacturered in your liver.

Who should look at increasing the amount of glutathione  or supplementing with Cellgevity? Anyone who is dealing with high blood pressure, cancer, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s Disease, cataracts, or male infertility issues may benefit from more glutathione. It can also help when recovering from chemotherapy and other radiation treatments. However, it is important to note that studies are still being done on glutathione, and it may not affect everyone in the same way.

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Everyone Wants a Stronger Immune System

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Our only natural asset for fighting sickness is our own immune system. We don’t pay enough attention to making it stronger and in fact, only seem to really be interested in our health when it leaves us.  Then we just reach for drugs.  A health approach based on wellness would help us strengthen and support that asset .

Bad diets, too much stress and aging all detract from the strength of our immune systems. Getting older is particularly destructive and sadly , unavoidable . Our cellular and antibody functions slow and chronic inflammation which seems to go hand and hand   with many diseases of old age sets in . Chronic inflammation (think heart disease & rheumatoid arthritis) is also connected to   oxyradicals and the damage they cause at the cellular level . This will come as no surprise to anyone who is an advocate of the importance of antioxidants.

Supporting our immune system by upping our antioxidant levels to help take out the free radicals damaging our cells is a route worth examining . We can do this through our diet and health products like Cellgevity to help increase your glutathione, which could easily be the leading defender against the free radical damaging . We also need to deal with our stress levels and please get up , get some exercise and put the cookies away !

Besides glutathione, there are other antioxidants that are powerful immune system supporters . There are Vitamins E and C along with the B-vitamins, and they’re available as antioxidant supplements. Vitamin A is another one and CoQ10 is a powerful antioxidant but as we get older our production of it flags . Minerals that matter to our immune system include copper, zinc and selenium . The Omega-3 fatty acids found in fish and flax seed oils have been found to offset suppression of the cellular immune system .

Support a weak immune system with products like RGarden’s Epicor. Improving intestinal health with digestive enzymes is one of your immune system boosters