The Cause of Disease
Diseases used to be accepted by most as unfortunate but inevitable facts of life. We now know that diseases were not "caught" rather they are reflections of the condition of our body cells.
Most people know they must do regular maintenance for their new car. But few took care of their bodies that are much more complex than cars. If you put butter in car's gas tank, your car will be "sick" and stop working. Similarly if you don't supply your body with the right amount of nutrients it needs, you will be sick and get diseases. On the other hand, if you don't change filters on time, your ventilation system will be clogged up and too much dusts will be built to make it eventually stop functioning.
Our body is made of millions of cells. The building blocks of cells are atoms. When atoms are healthy, our cells replicate more healthy cells allowing the unhealthy cells to die then to be discharged from the body. What makes an atom healthy is that it has paired electrons (yellow dots).
Atoms missing an electron are known as Free Radicals. Free radicals destroy surrounding atoms by stealing their electrons. Cells that replicate in a damaged state are the cause of all chronicle diseases such as cancer, heart attack, osteoporosis, and many others that develop over a long period of time.
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Healthy Atom Free Radical Antioxidant
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Where are Free Radicals come from?
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- Mercury from seafood & teeth filling
- Chlorine from water
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One cigarette generates one quadrillion free radicals, i.e. 1,000,000,000,000,000 !!!!!
"Scientists now believe that free radicals are causal factors in nearly every known disease, from heart disease to arthritis to cancer to cataracts. In fact, free radicals are a major culprit in the aging process itself. By controlling free radicals, antioxidants can make the difference between life and death, as well as influence how fast and how well we age."
- Lester Packier, Head of Pakcer Laboratory, Dept of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley
Free radicals make fat sticky so they start building up on the artery walls. These deposits cause blockage of blood flow, leading to heart attack or stroke. When cell's DNA is damaged by free radicals, cancer cells develop and replicate resulting in many forms of cancer.
When we are not feeling well, suffering from allergies, heart attack or cancer, they are symptoms not cause of the illness. Symptoms alert us that something isn't right in our body. They are ways for our body to signal our brain to take immediate actions, such as to cleanse, detoxify the free radicals and to supply quality nutrients for the cells.
The Solution
The solution to fight against free radicals is Antioxidants. Antioxidants have "extra" electrons to give to Free Radicals to turn them back into healthy atoms and thus neutralize their harmful effects. Therefore antioxidants are your body cell's guardian angels against disease.
Where do antioxidants come from? They are found in fruits and vegetables as well as nuts, oils, beans and berries. They can also be found in high quality supplements and nutraceuticals.
Insufficient vitamins intake is apparently a cause of chronicle diseases...Most people do not consume an optimal amount of all vitamins by diets alone. Pending strong evidence of effectiveness from randomized trials, it appears prudent for all adults to take vitamin supplements." - America Medical Association
A deficiency of vitamin or mineral will cause a body part to malfunction and eventually break down - and, like dominos, other body parts will follow."
- James F. Balch, M.D. Prescription for Nutritional Healing
Our health, intelligence, energy and appearance are all dependent upon replenishing our body with vitamins and minerals several times a day.
Not all supplements are beneficial. First, your body must be able to absorb them. Secondly, they must contain many different types of vitamins and minerals combined in the right proportions to achieve optimal results.
The x-ray picture below shows the "brand name" vitamin tablets in the lower colon ready to be discharged from the body. These particular supplements can never benefit the body.
To ensure you health, make sure you get the world most potent blends of antioxidants and the best-absorbed multi-vitamins and multi-minerals.
Numerous research and clinic studies were done for OPC from lab evidence of mice to humans. Just google "OPC" you will see more than 200 publications.
To your health
Reference:
www.healthawarenessfoundation.org
