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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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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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