Pulling The Roots Of Disease (Part 4)

4) Oxidative Stress

A rusty nail, a browning apple, age spots on the hands… it’s all the same. Free radicals have been the subject of extensive research and the evidence is clear that oxidative stress won’t just rust your pipes, or spoil your food, free radicals do the same thing inside our bodies, essentially rusting our organs from the inside out. Laboratory testing on hundreds of thousands of individuals has demonstrated that oxidative stress is a very widespread and creates an internal environment favorable toward illness, disease and many of the outward signs of unhealthy aging.

Primary sources of free radicals: hyper or non-specific stimulation of the immune system results in excess concentrations of hypochlorite production, exposure to toxins (xenobiotics) which cause the liver and the adrenal cortex, reactions that involve the cytochrome P450 enzyme reaction system, exposure to radiation either electromagnetic or through ionizing, excessive stress which through neuro-transmitters and modulators force both the immune and endocrine systems to produce destructive radicals.

5) Killer Food

How can a nation notorious for overeating protein, carbohydrate and fat have so many people deficient in vital nutrients? The answer is that we are eating too many ‘empty calories’ from foods grown in depleted top soil, coupled with excessive processing and refining.

Americans, young and old, suffer from multiple trace mineral, macro mineral and vitamin deficiencies. Most common deficiencies include magnesium, zinc, iron, selenium, B complex, vitamin C, vitamin E, essential fatty acids and various amino acids.

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