We often hear claims about various strategies to reduce and reverse the effects of oxidative stress, that continues to dominate the world of health interventions. Due to this fact, I thought it would be useful to review the basics and discuss the best ways to impact our challenges with oxidative stress.

OXIDATION CAN BE DESCRIBED as the rusting of our cells, which generally results in a breakdown of molecules.  Oxidation is actually a normal part of a cell’s life cycle. Cells have repair mechanisms, which they activate when damage from oxidation occurs. It is when the damage is excessive or the repair mechanisms are weak that trouble begins to occur for the cells. Due to this excessive damage, the cells can quit doing their jobs (early aging), they may die off and have to replace themselves (apoptosis), or worse, they simply die without any replacement
 (necrosis/scaring).

Recently there has been a great deal of research performed on what can be done to stop the rapid rusting of our cells. Normal health practices serve to diminish rust; such as proper rest, efficient sleep, aerobic exercise/weight training, diets rich in plant nutrients as well as low in animal fats, activities that challenge us, experiences that bring us joy, serving others as well as social interactions with our families. A huge shift has been made in the health of human kind over the past thirty years. This shift is in part due to our complex society, which produces busy lives leaving us less and less time to implement daily health practices. We are experiencing an epidemic of degenerative diseases which have no vaccine.

What Can We Do to Battle Oxidative Stress If major lifestyle changes are a bit beyond our reach and we desire to better our health, what are our options? The RedoxDoc
 

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