Antioxidants are added to everything in the US -silly idea

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[drnase]

Hi Marc,

No problem. You have a good point. There are a lot of buzz words out there for GNC and vitamin sellers. I dont know a lot about all the vitamins and minerals out there. I do know about the most powerful ones and especially those that work outside cells (hydrophillic) and inside the cells (lipophilliic) like GSE, PYC and Ester-C.

Every reaction in the body produces free radicals, even the mitochondria inside cells. These damage blood vessels, mitochondria, cell walls and thousands of other things. Are body has basic antioxidant systems that are based on enymes, but these are often over-run. For example, in excercise physiology, you learn that if you run for 20 minutes free radical production throughout your body increases over 1,000 fold. Your body cant handle that and this is part of the body pay back when you feel sore, besides lactic acid and other things.

Also, many people dont know this, but cholesterol levels (especially LDL) are such a hot topic and have 6 major drugs to lower the LDL. If LDL is high, then they attach to blood vessels in the heart and brain -- walla stroke and heart attack. But, LDL is not harmful until it is oxidized by free radicals. Its harmless. Many studies have shown pathological levels of LDL vs normal levels of LDL and when the pathological levels are protected by antioxidants, those patients fare much bettter than the ones with normal LDL levels. Not that I am condoning this, but your LDL can literally be off the charts, but if you are taking the proper antioxidants less than 10% will be a problem.

Keep on posting. No time off for you. I do appreciate the knowledge and respect that you have shown on this board. It is very much appreciated and needed because you can offer good advice and even better germane questions. Thanks.