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Paige Gimbal – Protandim - The Powerful Effects, Reducing Oxidative Stress Has On Long Term Health And Aging – Protandim
Oxidative Stress and Its Aging Effect
Over the last 20 years, antioxidants have become a household term in regards to health and wellness. This is due largely to our understanding of free radicals and the primary role they play in inflicting damage to our cells, tissues and organs. This damage is often referred to as oxidative stress and it’s a big deal!
Perhaps if may surprise you that our everyday activities can cause oxidative stress. Pollutants in the air we breathe, the foods we eat, mental stress, and even exercise can create substantial numbers of havoc-wreaking free radicals. Over time, unchecked oxidative stress simply wreaks havoc within the body and accelerates the process we call aging.
Aging in the human body refers to the slow progression of oxidative stress. And just as we don’t see wrinkles appear overnight, neither do we see the progression of oxidative stress until it manifest itself in the way of degenerative diseases such as cancer, diabetes, heart disease, Alzheimer’s , Parkinson’s and dozens of other.
When it comes to aging and living longer, many in the United States and the Westernized world love to boast that we are living longer than ever before. But a disturbing element of this trend of living longer is that we’re not living more years of a productive, enjoyable life. Instead, we’re simply better at keeping sick people alive. We are getting sick earlier and more often and the development of certain drugs and surgeries has allowed us to delay the inevitable. In short, we are dying a longer, slower death.
Dr. Mehmet Oz, Vice-Chair and Professor of Surgery at Columbia University states “…Aging is really not about preventing disease; getting rid of heart disease and cancer gains us less than a decade of life. Rather we need to slow the rate of aging to avoid the frailty that would make longevity less desirable.”
A few decades ago, health experts and marketing gurus began leading us to believe that the best way to fight oxidative stress is by consuming products high in antioxidants such as vitamins C, E and A. The results … the birth of a multi-billion dollar industry that is now comprised of supposed antioxidant-rich juices, supplements and even sodas that line store shelves and populate the pages of health catalogs.
But do these antioxidant products truly help the body fight oxidative stress? With more and more research mounting, the answer is “not really” and here is why. “Direct” antioxidants like vitamin C work to neutralize free radicals in a one-to-one relationship. That is, each vitamin C molecule in your body that encounters a free radical molecule is able to stabilize and neutralize that free radical molecule. The problem here is that once that happens, the vitamin C molecule is now useless. It can’t neutralize any more free radical molecules.
The ‘direct’ one-to-one process is insufficient to stem the onslaught of free radicals present in our bodies every day! In fact, you would need to consume the antioxidants found in 375 oranges or 87 glasses of red wine or 120 vitamin C tablets (500mg) or 12 pounds of blueberries each day to eliminate our daily load of free radicals.
Research now shows that the most effective way to neutralize free radicals and protect from oxidative damage is to trigger the body’s production of its own free radical fighting enzymes. The body produces several antioxidant enzymes, with superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase and glutathione peroxidase being some of the most important. These super potent antioxidant enzymes can eliminate up to one million free radical molecules per second, every second without being consumed in the process.
Our bodies already contain the information for how to combat stressful situations, such as oxidative stress and chronic inflammation. That information is stored in our genes. The secret lies in being able to signal our genes to increase production of these antioxidant enzymes that fight off free radical damage and ultimately reduce our levels of oxidative stress.
You might be asking yourself how you can increase or improve the production of your body’s antioxidant enzymes. That’s a great question. There are certain plants that are especially effective at stimulating the body’s production of these antioxidant powerhouses. Used through the millennia in numerous cultures throughout the world, these botanicals are widely studied and accepted as safe and effective.
Now, they are found in an entirely unique and proprietary blend in a product called Protandim. Developed by Dr. McCord and distributed by a company called LifeVantage, Protandim is currently being studied by dozens of universities and research institutions and is unlike any supplement product known today.
Protandim contains five special botanical ingredients – ashwagandha, bacopa, green tea extract, turmeric root and milk thistle – that work synergistically to significantly boost the production and activity of the body’s antioxidant enzymes. Protandim activates Nrf2 to signal your body’s DNA to increase the production of these enzymes, which is an indirect and entirely unique approach among antioxidant supplement products. So unique is this approach that it is changing the way oxidative stress is being addressed throughout the scientific world.
Protandim is the only product clinically-proven to reduce oxidative stress by 40 percent! What’s more, Protandim’s patented formulation combats oxidative stress and cell aging in your genes – where your DNA is damaged. Multiple clinical studies and other research validate these findings, which is not the case with other antioxidant products. These findings demonstrate that Protandim initiates a cascade of antioxidant enzyme activity that eliminates free radicals at a rate of one million to on per second every second, reducing your oxidative stress level to that of a 20 year old in just 30 days. That, my friends, is extremely impressive!
To learn more abou the powerful Anti-Aging effects of Protandim, Please contact Paige Gimbal at: (530) 864-2454 or go to: www.mylifevantage.com/paige/default.aspx
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