Oxidative STress and Degenerative Disease

Posted October 30, 2008 by Dr Karen

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