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Articles: antioxidants
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Fighting Free Radicals: The Role of Bark Extractives
by Kelvin Duncan, Ph.D.
The rapidly growing volume of evidence in the scientific literature about the nature and role of free radicals has lead to an increasing awareness of their importance in health and disease. Free radicals have been implicated in a great number of human conditions and the literature on the subject is vast.
Grape Seed Extract Potent Antioxidant
by Max Costello
Much of science started in nature. Would you be surprised if your doctor prescribed 12 grams of dried grape seed three times daily? Would it be more understandable if he said 100mg Oligomeric Proanthocyanidin Complex three times daily, or sound more like medicine? Was it nature's grand ironic design that the symbol of affluent lifestyles, grapes and wine, had the antidote to decadence at its very heart, in the discarded pip?
Grapefruit Seed Extract — The Ultimate Antimicrobial?
by Dorothy Cronin
Grapefruit has been known in this country since the 17th century when it was identified by botanists on the island of Barbados. The anti-oxidant effect of citrus has been known for even longer. However, the discovery of the additional properties of Grapefruit Seeds was only made as recently as 1980.
The Real Health Risk Is NOT Taking Antioxidants
by David Ash and Dr Liesbeth Ash
People who say they don't need supplements because they are affluent and on a 'good diet' do not appreciate why they need antioxidants. Antioxidants scavenge free radicals. A major source of free radicals is the processed food of affluent society. Anti-oxidants are needed to counteract the damage done by the diet of affluent nations.
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