Although the work was directed at amyloid formation, data was also cited that showed the pronounced beneficial effect on the mice’s mortality rate by adding Santoquin antioxidant to the diet. Without the antioxidant in the diet, 20% survived to 1814 months; on diets with 0.2% Santoquin, 20% survived for 23 months. This was not the […]
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- amino acid, amyloid formation, antioxidants, encephalomalacia, free radicals, lipids, Monsanto, nutrients, oxidation, oxygen, peroxides, Santoquin, unsaturated fats, unsaturated oils, vitamin E, vitamins
BHT has extended the life spans of mice in experiments by Dr. Denham Harman. In some species which have a naturally short life span and tend to die of cancer, the BHT’s life extending effects probably stemmed from its suppression of cancer development. Harman has also demonstrated an increase in average life span with BHT […]
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- antioxidants, autoxidation, beta-blocker drug, BHA, BHT, brain, calories, cancer, cardiovacular disease, central nervous system, cerebral-spinal fluid, CNS, copper, CSF, cysteine, docosahexanoic acid, Dr. Denham Harman, free radical theory of aging, free radicals, free-radicals, high blood pressure, immune system, linolenic acid, lipids, low dose of aspirin, oxidation, polyunsaturated fats, propranolol, safflower oil, saturated fats, selenium, SOD, spinal cord, stomach cancer, vitamin A, vitamin B1, vitamin B5, vitamin B6, vitamin c, vitamin E, zinc
Mutations to your DNA caused by free radicals are a major cause of cancer. Free radicals can make blood clot abnormally in our arteries by destroying our body’s ability to make PGI, (prostacyclin), a natural anti-clot hormone found in healthy arteries. Free radicals are also implicated in arthritis. Most of the brain damage caused by […]
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- age pigment accumulation, amino acid, antioxidants, arthritis, bacteria, BHA, BHT, bioflavinoids, blood clot, blood clots, cancer, catecholic amino acid, ceroid, collagen, Cross-linking, cysteine, DNA, elastin, enzymes, free radicals, glutathione, grapes, hemorrhage, hydrogen peroxide, Hydroxyl radicals, L-Dopa, lipid membrane peroxidation, lipids, lipofuscin, lysosomal membranes, mutations, oxidative polymerization, oxygen, peroxidation, peroxidized lipids, PGI, phenolic amino acid, prostacyclin, proteins, radiation, rancid fats, RNA, selenium, sodium hydrogen urate, superoxide radicals, triamino acid, tyrosine, unsaturated fats, uric acid, viruses, vitamin A, vitamin B1, vitamin B5, vitamin B6, vitamin E, xanthine oxidase, zinc
Proteins are complex molecules, made up of amino acids, which perform a wide variety of functions in the human body, from chemical reaction-controlling enzymes, to structural molecules like collagen, to necessary components in human memory. In order to function properly, proteins must assume a correct three-dimensional configuration. In their proper shape, some proteins act as […]
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- acetaldehyde, alcohol, amino acid, arteries, blood vessels, chelating agent, collagen, connective tissue, Cross-linking, diabetes, EDTA, EGTA, enzymes, free radicals, hemorrhage, ketones, lipids, metal ions, molecules, muscles, nitrogen, oxidation, oxygen, plasma, plasma lipids, protein, proteins, smog, sodium citrate, sulfur, tobacco, unsaturated fats, vitamin c, wine
… all diseases may by sure means be prevented or cured, not excepting that of old age, and our lives lengthened at pleasure even beyond the antediluvian standard. —Benjamin Franklin, in a letter to English chemist Joseph Priestley The same molecules that serve us well by keeping us alive and healthy can, if they fail […]
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