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Oxidative StressWelcome to Oxidative Stress, a web site helping the non-medical professional understand oxidative stress, what it is and how it works. Our staff writer spends the hours necessary to research medical journals, thesis papers and other scholarly works to find the information we as non- medical personnel need to understand this youth destroying culprit known as oxidative stress. We hope you find this web site useful as well as informative in your quest to look and feel young as well as avoiding the extreme results of this part of life we all must go through. What Is Oxidative Stress?Oxidative stress is the culprit behind sagging skin, aches and pains associated with aging and just plain looking older. I don't like what oxidative stress does to my body. I want to be young forever although I do like the wisdom that comes with age. When we're young our bodies fight off the free radical damage but as we age due to increased oxidative stress we are not able to produce enough of the antioxidant enzymes that plays a major role in neutralizing the cell-damaging free radicals associated with aging and a variety of health conditions. Oxidative Stress Symptoms
If you're approaching 40 then you are beginning to see signs of this oxidative stress, over 50 and your still cruising cool but fast approaching old "fart- hood" and if your over 60 then you are reminded every morning when you get out of bed what the free radicals are doing to your body. Just a touch of gray Oxidative Stress is youth leaving your body. You have the choice of helping youth leave quickly or you can be proactive and encourage your youth to stay around for a longer more enjoyable time. Oxidative Stress CausesThe most vivid example I can think of to demonstrate the causes of this youth destroying condition is what happens when you cut open an apple. Within in a few minutes it starts to turn brown. That is oxidative stress. You do the same thing to your body when you smoke a cigarette, exercise vigorously or just plain sit around. Life causes this condition and it is what you do to help or hinder the condition that makes the difference. We have a whole report on the causes of oxidative stress you may want to check out. Oxidative Stress And DiseaseOxidative Stress plays a major role in diseases like diabetes and cancer. Sooner or later age is going to get you, that's it's job in life but you don't have to take it sitting down. There are a great number of things you can do in life to prolong the inevitable. Bottom Line It's quite simply your choice. You can enjoy lifes ride, do nothing and age quickly or you can be proactive, know your Oxidative Stress Biomarkers, slooow the life cycle down by doing those things that help you age gracefully and work on beating Methuselah's record.
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