Oxidative Stress and Chronic Degenerative Disease

 

The process of oxidative stress in now believed to be a major component in the development of more than 50 chronic degenerative diseases.  (Steinberg, D., Beyond Cholesterol: Modifications of low-density lipoprotein that increase its atherogenicity, NEJM 337, No 6(August 1997): 408-416.  I call these Syndromes of Oxidative Stress (SOS).  An understanding of the process of oxidative stress will teach us how to protect ourselves from chronic diseases.

You can be prevented from having vibrant energy if your body is forced to handle more than it can contend with and its defences are overwhelmed.  When there is an interruption to the natural flow of the process of cellular oxidation, disease happens which all are syndromes of oxidative stress (SOS).  The following is a list of some syndromes of oxidative stress in specific areas of the body:

Pancreas          Diabetes      

Joints              Arthritis    

Eye    Macular Degeneration

Brain               Alzheimer’s Disease              

Cells                Cancer