We know how free-radicals are created. We get them through external influences such as the air we breathe, toxins, chemicals, smoking, sunlight etc.., but we also generate a lot on when we exercise, when we’re sick or suffer from acute injuries AND the often overlooked as we metabolize food.
Traditionally (and as the market will have us believe) we should ‘eat’ or ‘drink’ our anti-oxidants. But at some point, the process of metabolizing the additional quantity of these antioxidant rich foods or juices is counter productive in some measure, simply because as we increase chemical metabolization we conversely increase the creation of additional free-radicals.
To be fair to the nutritional community, I think the bottom line is this: The amount of food we eat and what we eat is important, and shouldn’t be overlooked; we need proper caloric intake and nutrition. However, the idea that the consumption of external anti-oxidant sources will reduce oxidative stress as we age, and will reduce the risk or affect or the many diseases related to the aging processes and oxidative stress is largely flawed.
This is why (in part) Protandim is so highly effective, because it upregulates the production of internal anti-oxidants, without an increase in the metabolization process.
