ANTIoxidants and ANTIaging, don’t you think that this resemblance in name is good enough to give it a try? In our opinion antioxidants are really worth trying. These molecules are able to prevent free radicals from damaging our cells. We are not going to discuss here the biological processes, but we will focus on a real anti-aging use of antioxidants, but please keep in mind the following information to understand why they are useful:
Our body produces energy in the form of ATP and does it 24h/7days a week, no matter if you sleep, eat, work, relax, watch a movie or anything else. However, the mechanism is not perfect and changes our good, safe friend- Oxygen into our enemy (free radical- oxygen with one free electron). This enemy doesn’t wait, but attacks us immediately to reach its goal- getting second electron! It damages proteins, DNA, membranes, simply everything that is close enough to steal this electron. Our saviour- antioxidant, prevents reactive oxygen from doing a damage. (However, remember that free radicals due to the evolution found their own place in our metabolic pathways, so they can be useful in some cases).
Our role is to keep system in balance. Probably we will use this term “in balance” many times, in many articles, but it is very important, because that might be the key to stop aging process (imagine the system: 0 ̊C, water becomes ice, ice becomes water forming a closed circle – balance!)
Antioxidants for you!
1) Vitamin C, can’t be synthesized in your body, required in a diet... and believe us that vitamin C is good not only in case of illness, but it can promote your long life! Linus Pauling, scientist that won two Nobel Prizes was promoting vitamin C as a way to prolong human life. He even recommended megadoses, reaching 15000 mg/day (Studies indicate that 250 mg/day is enough for antioxidant protection)
2) Vitamin E, there are many conflicting results of studies done by scientists concerning vitamin’s E impact on mortality, but we found for you one study claiming that:
- taking vitamin E as a supplement (in the large dose) – may increase mortality
- taking vitamin E from food – may decrease mortality
Explanation and whole study presented you can find here: http://www.nwhealth.edu/healthyU/eatWell/vitamine.html
3)Carotenoids, yellow and red pigments from plants http://www.supercentenarian.com/archive/carrots.html
4)Flavonoids, also pigments in plants (Usually these with darker colour)
5) Coenzyme Q, there are many published articles about benefits of coenzyme Q action and that is why we suggest you to try Coenzyme Q as your anti-aging method!
Our body produces energy in the form of ATP and does it 24h/7days a week, no matter if you sleep, eat, work, relax, watch a movie or anything else. However, the mechanism is not perfect and changes our good, safe friend- Oxygen into our enemy (free radical- oxygen with one free electron). This enemy doesn’t wait, but attacks us immediately to reach its goal- getting second electron! It damages proteins, DNA, membranes, simply everything that is close enough to steal this electron. Our saviour- antioxidant, prevents reactive oxygen from doing a damage. (However, remember that free radicals due to the evolution found their own place in our metabolic pathways, so they can be useful in some cases).
Our role is to keep system in balance. Probably we will use this term “in balance” many times, in many articles, but it is very important, because that might be the key to stop aging process (imagine the system: 0 ̊C, water becomes ice, ice becomes water forming a closed circle – balance!)
Antioxidants for you!
1) Vitamin C, can’t be synthesized in your body, required in a diet... and believe us that vitamin C is good not only in case of illness, but it can promote your long life! Linus Pauling, scientist that won two Nobel Prizes was promoting vitamin C as a way to prolong human life. He even recommended megadoses, reaching 15000 mg/day (Studies indicate that 250 mg/day is enough for antioxidant protection)
2) Vitamin E, there are many conflicting results of studies done by scientists concerning vitamin’s E impact on mortality, but we found for you one study claiming that:
- taking vitamin E as a supplement (in the large dose) – may increase mortality
- taking vitamin E from food – may decrease mortality
Explanation and whole study presented you can find here: http://www.nwhealth.edu/healthyU/eatWell/vitamine.html
3)Carotenoids, yellow and red pigments from plants http://www.supercentenarian.com/archive/carrots.html
4)Flavonoids, also pigments in plants (Usually these with darker colour)
5) Coenzyme Q, there are many published articles about benefits of coenzyme Q action and that is why we suggest you to try Coenzyme Q as your anti-aging method!
These antioxidants form a core that you might consider trying and using on a regular basis. Remember that taking too much can be as ineffective as taking too little.
And now, finally really short explanation why all these compounds are good for your skin (one of the most visible signs of aging, except gray hair):
If we don't prevent free radicals actions, they will damage DNA, proteins, membranes - ALL are parts of cells, in our example Skin cells. This was the first reason. Second, maybe even more important for you than the first one- Wrinkles, free radicals cause cross-linking of collagen fibers and these cross-linked fibers which in turn create wrinkles... Sad but true...
Stay inspired! And check your first anti-aging method today!
To know more:
http://www.buzzle.com/editorials/12-26-2005-84845.asp (why are antioxidants good for your skin?)
http://www.vrp.com/articles.aspx?ProdID=art1372&zTYPE=2 (Coenzyme Q experiments prolonging healthy life)
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