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What are antioxidants? What do they do? Should you be taking them? How much is enough, or too much? Dr. John Smythies explores these and other questions you need to have answered about antioxidants in Every Persons Guide to Antioxidants. Oxidants are naturally occuring chemicals in our bodies that derive from oxygen to facilitate essential biochemical processes. However, most oxidants are potentially toxic molecules and the body contains a number of antioxidants for protection against these toxic effects. Overproduction of oxidants, or underproduction of antioxidants, leads to oxidative stress, which has been linked to a wide range of chronic diseases, including heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and Alzheimers. Smythies thoroughly evaluates current scientific work on this subject and suggests that a high proportion of many of these diseases can be prevented, or their onset delayed, by proper intake of antioxidants. He examines the pros and cons of the debate over how this necessary intake should be achieved, by eating more fruits and vegetables or by taking supplements in pill form. Smythies surveys the toxicity of antioxidants and recommends under what circumstances they should be given with caution or not at all. He also discusses whether taking supplements requires medical supervision and lists good sources of antioxidants in fruits and vegetables

Oxidation, Physiological --- Antioxidants --- Free Radicals (Chemistry) --- Science --- Medical --- Oxidation, physiological --- Free radicals (chemistry)

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This innovative and comprehensive reference book provides the most up-to-date information pertaining to the translational research field of oxidative stress and aging. The book focuses on understanding the molecular basis of oxidative stress and its associated age-related diseases with the goal being the development of new and novel methods in treating the human aging processes. The book charts the course of this new and rapidly emerging field of Oxidative Stress Diagnostics and Therapeutics that will have a significant impact on the future economics, science and practice of med

Aging --- Oxidation, Physiological. --- Stress (Physiology) --- Physiological stress --- Tension (Physiology) --- Adaptation (Biology) --- Biological oxidation --- Oxidation, Biological --- Physiological oxidation --- Biochemistry --- Molecular aging --- Molecular biology --- Molecular aspects. --- Personality development --- Human biochemistry --- Physiology: reproduction & development. Ages of life --- Nutritionary hygiene. Diet --- Aging. --- Oxidative Stress. --- Molecular Biology. --- Aging - Molecular aspects.