The health benefits of antioxidants in cancer, disease and aging. http://www.cancerpreventionnews.com/antioxidants/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Tue, 8 Mar 2005 00:39:02 +0530 Tue, 8 Mar 2005 00:38:29 +0530 FeedForAll v1.0 (1.0.0.2) Fruit is recognised as one of the most powerful foods for helping the body fight cancer. Surprisingly, the homely prune is the fruit with the highest cancer-fighting powers. Previously it was believed that oranges and spinach were the best anti-cancer fruit and vegetables. http://www.cancerpreventionnews.com/antioxidants/foods-for-fighting-cancer.htm Tue, 8 Mar 2005 00:38:29 +0530 Cancer cells and normal cells are known to respond differently to nutrients and drugs that affect glutathione status. Numerous studies have shown that tumor cells have elevated levels of glutathione levels, which confers resistance to chemotherapy drugs. One of the challenges of cancer therapy is how to deplete tumor cells of glutathione, so as to make them more vulnerable to the effects of chemotherapy drugs, while at the same time allowing normal cells to remain relatively unaffected by chemotherapeutic drugs. http://www.cancerpreventionnews.com/antioxidants/research-glutathione-cancer.htm Wed, 2 Mar 2005 22:40:04 +0530 Glutathione, the body's master antioxidant and detoxifier, is one of the 14 Superfoods listed in SuperFoods Rx : Fourteen Foods That Will Change Your Life, co-authored by Dr Steven Pratt. Glutathione levels cannot be increased to a clinically beneficial extent by orally ingesting a single dose of glutathione. This is because glutathione is manufactured inside the cell, from its precursor amino acids, glycine, glutamate and cystine. http://www.cancerpreventionnews.com/antioxidants/food-sources-glutathione.htm Wed, 2 Mar 2005 22:41:53 +0530 Imagine you're a cell. Inside your body runs the machinery that creates life itself. But as that machinery keeps running, day after day, you begin to get worn out - the friction and the processes that cause damage (here the "free-radicals" - highly destructive little entities generated by biochemical processes, as well as pollutants, UV radiation and other sources) start to create havoc and you begin to lose the battle to disease, old age and ultimately death. http://www.cancerpreventionnews.com/antioxidants/super-cell-glutathione.htm Wed, 2 Mar 2005 22:41:03 +0530 Studies support the benefits of eating a diet rich in fruits and vegetables. This is due to their high antioxidant value. Why are antioxidants so important? Because they have a proven track record of fighting free radicals. Your body is being constantly attacked by very harmful substances known as free radicals or oxygen radicals. Free radicals can destroy your cells, tissues and organs. http://www.cancerpreventionnews.com/antioxidants/antioxidants-defense-disease-aging.htm Wed, 2 Mar 2005 22:32:17 +0530 Hardening of the arteries, Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, cancer, arthritis, macular degeneration even wrinkles are just a few of diseases of aging that are caused in large part by what scientist call oxidative stress. Indeed, this oxidative theory of aging is probably the most accepted theory of aging. Not that aging is not multi-factorial, mind you, but that oxidation is major factor in most aging and is perhaps the most studied, generally agreed upon, and proven factor related to the process we call aging. http://www.cancerpreventionnews.com/antioxidants/optimize-antioxidants-anti-aging.htm Wed, 2 Mar 2005 22:38:33 +0530