Fwd: Antioxidants

[Mehmoirs <Mehmoirs@xxxxxxx>]

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PS My computer went out as I was writing  the  Antioxidants note.

     The above citation helped me understand how antioxidants work.
      It mentions Vitamin E, but  the theory works for antioxidants in
general.

mehmoirs@aol,com

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From: Mehmoirs <Mehmoirs@xxxxxxx>
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Subject: Antioxidants
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 09:06:01 EDT
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Hi,PWP pals,
I found the following tidbit among my  pre-computer files.

      MEDBITS.TXT from HEART HEALTH, "AntioxidantVitamins" - Hemmenkens,
       Charles F., compl. Michael Jones.
       "Rust-Proofing". How Antioxidants Work.
           " Just as the oxidative process can tranform  a healthy piece of
steel
        into rust, certain forms of oxygen can destabilize healthy molecules
        in ways that can promote disease development.  These unstabile forms
        of oxygen - refere to as free radicals - have an unpaired electron.
        Since molecules naturallyry to pair up electrons, free radicals
        scavenge nearby molecules and take an electron, damaging these
        molecules in the process.  Laboratory research. suggests that
        antioxidants, which also have an unpaired electron, can step in
         and offer their extra electron to free radicals, thereby
         sparing surrounding healthy tissue fromoxidative damage.  "






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