antioxidants what does this wxactly mean and what it has to do with carbon monoxide?

Answer 1

Carbon monoxide is toxic to humans, and we are normally protected to a degree by circulating antioxidants such as glutathione.

In general, antioxidants are chemicals that circulate in the body and scavenge for harmful free-radical species, and neutralize them, thereby protecting tissues from damage that might occur otherwise.

Answer 2

for starters carbon monoxide has nothing to do with anti-oxidents. Oxidation in the body is the cause of EVERY major disease or illness. So to find a powerfull anti-oxident and add it to your daily routine is nothing but great for your body. One of the most potent natural anti-oxidents are a class of molucules called Xanthones. Now just over 200 xanthones are found in nature.. of which 40 are in one fruit called the mangosteen.

Xanthones inhibit the oxidation of low-density lipoproteins (LDL), the good fat, helping to eliminate the danger of stroke and other heart diseases. Although oxidation commonly occurs in nature, such as producing rusted metal or the browning of fruit, it also leads to the breaking down of proper bodily functions. Each day approximately 70 trillion cells in humans receive 10,000 hits from toxins or free radicals in the environment. Xanthones are powerful free radical scavengers; strong antioxidants with the gift of an extra electron. In a hefty portion, like those found in the Mangosteen fruit, Xanthones eliminate free radical toxins by bonding with the toxin's missing electron.

Lifestyle diseases, including stroke, cancer, Alzheimer's, arthritis, stress, and diseases of the heart, liver and kidney, share the common denominator of having inflamed cells caused by oxidized toxins. New research findings reveal that chronic inflammation severely damages the immune, musculosketal, neurological, respiratory, and gastrointestinal systems. Inflammation, our body's natural warning signal and defense mechanism, can go out of control, causing increased body pain and affecting brain functioning. Inflammation caused by high amounts of ammonia in the brain cells has been linked to Alzheimer's disease by many research scientists, however when the liver functions properly, ammonia molecules cannot build up in the brain tissues.

Allopathic anti-inflammatory drugs slow down inflammation by inhibiting what are known as Cox-2 enzymes. Unfortunately, these pharmaceutical approaches wipe out the necessary Cox 1 enz ymes essential for production of prostaglandins-1 that protect the GI track and delicate blood platelets. Xanthones selectively block Cox 2 leaving the Cox-1 enzymes intact, producing no known side effects. Xanthones have shown to block Protease-1 which the AIDS virus needs in order to replicate.

Xanthone-rich plants grown in the southern hemisphere, such as Mangosteen, are becoming increasingly known to mainstream science in the northern hemisphere. Just as the study of Vitamins C and E and Aloe Vera was once early science, research and mounting empirical evidence on Xanthones are further opening our awareness to the simplicity and power of food as medicine. Xanthones have been proven to assist our bodies in healing sickness and preventing disease.

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