Do Antioxidants Work?

A foundation of good health begins with ...

• A multi-vitamin
• A multi-antioxidant
• A mega-antioxidant

My antioxidants guide will be your online guide to:

• How Do Antioxidants work
• Nutritionals you can trust
• What is pharmaceutical-grade compared to food-grade
• Detailed explanations of vitamins and minerals
• Information on vital antioxidant protection for degenerative diseases
• Why you must insist on pharmaceutical grade supplements versus food grade supplements ...yes Virginia, there is a difference!

Nutrition should be complete and balanced. Todays "western" diet does not provide complete, balanced nutrition. Some nutrients may be required at higher dosage than foods can supply. For example; the optimal dosage of Vitamin E (as d-Alpha tocopheryl) is 400 IU daily. You would have to consume 33 pounds of spinach to get the same benefit - each day!

That's if you don't get E. Coli from the spinach.

Optimal nutrition to combat symptoms and degenerative disease requires sophisticated, professional science combined with documented clinical trials - over time.

If your antioxidant supplement is merely marketing you "vitamin E" because that's what the latest research shows, how do you know it's in a form your body can utilize? What amount should you take? Does vitamin E work better when taken with other vitamins(synergistic effect)? Did you buy yours just because it was the cheapest you could find?

How Does Yours Stack-UP?

How does your Wal-Mart branded multi-vitamin compare to the vitamins at GNC?

What benchmarks did you use when choosing a multivitamin?

Or was it just price? Do you realize not all Vitamin E is the same? One form is highly bioavailable. The other, not even recognized by the body but much cheaper to produce. (hint, what you buy in the grocery store is cheap in price - yup, because it's cheaply manufactured with ingredients your body can't use)

Which do you think is in that cheap bargain-basement Wal-Mart brand?

The vitamin supplements industry is a multi-billion dollar industry that will continue to grow for decades to come as the baby-boomers get older. You are being "marketed" by literally thousands of different manufacturers of vitamins under various brand names like GNC, Walgreens and Sam's Club, even Target has their own vitamins. My favorite; "The Worlds Greatest Vitamin" ...more to come on this little suckers trap.

Dear health conscious visitor ...do you really think that Sam's Club is an expert at nutrition? Or are they merely marketing a vitamin because that's what everyone else is doing? The "me to" corporate syndrome.

In addition I can help you answer these 3 key questions you may have:

• How do antioxidants work?
• Why do I need nutritional supplements?
• How do I choose a antioxidant or multivitamin supplement?

Do you realize that out of the 1,000s of vitamins & multi-vitamins on the market only about 25% are manufactured to benefit your body. Of about 1500 multi-supplements only about 4 are considered the best and only one of those that I highly recommend.

To your health,

Greg S. Wirth

P.S. How do I know? Keep reading these pages and find out.

Antioxidant

Free radicals are chemicals produced by the body when it is exposed to harmful substances such as radiation, food and drink contaminants, fats, and air pollution. They damage parts of the human cell, especially the membrane lipids, DNA and RNA.

Free radicals (toxic chemical substances that attack the body's cells) contribute to the development of

• Heart disease
• Cancer
• Stroke
• Arthritis
• Diabetes and
• Other degenerative disorders

 

This is because they weaken the cell's ability to repair itself. These highly reactive molecule parts, as a result of chemical reactions, carry one or more unpaired electrons.  The process by which they seek to "re-link" with other molecules often results in severe cellular damage or oxidation.

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Oxidation

Much like the way chrome on a car bumper rusts, oxidation occurs in our bodies every day. Through the air we breath, the water we drink, the foods we eat – or don’t eat – that lead to cellular damage as free radicals wreak havoc on our cells.

Oxygen - Friend or Foe?

The giver of life, oxygen is needed for all livings things on planet Earth. For us humans it's a paradox - to little oxygen, we die; to much oxygen, we die. Without the proper balance of O2 in our environment we are in a world of hurt. Even with an environment having properly balanced oxygen our cells can become oxidized or chemically a molecule gives up an electron. This oxidation occurs from free radicals in our environment such as; the air we breathe, foods we eat, social habits we partake in, and the extreme stress of an active productive life. Even exercising causes oxidation, for example notice how marathon runners always look emaciated. Indeed, wouldn't you think marathon runners would be extremely healthy?