The most powerful antioxidant is not found in any food that we eat which contains antioxidants. Whatever super-values that these super-foods are measured in ORAC (Oxygen radical absorbance capacity),none of these so called super-foods and antioxidant supplements can match the potency of this super antioxidant.
This super antioxidant is called Superoxide Dismutase
(SOD), an antioxidant enzyme produced naturally by our body. It is capable of
neutralizing the most dangerous of all free radicals, the highly reactive
superoxide radicals which is responsible for the cell damage in our body. SOD
converts the superoxide radicals to elemental oxygen and hydrogen peroxide.
Then, the hydrogen peroxide which is also damaging is converted by another
enzyme called Catalyse into simple water and neutral oxygen gas. SOD
enzymic activity was discovered by Irwin Fridovich and Joe McCord at Duke
University in 1969. SOD activity is
determined by measuring ratios of auto-oxidation rates in the presence and
absence of the sample and expressed as traditional McCord Fridovich
"cytochrome c" units.
The antioxidant enzymes such as SOD and Catalyse
are complex proteins produced naturally by our body. These antioxidant enzymes are
our body’s most powerful defenses against free radicals which can damage all
the components of the cell including DNA, proteins, and lipids.
How to Boost
Superoxide Dismutase and Catalase?
SOD and Catalase antioxidant enzymes can be boosted by activating the NRF2 protein in our body.
SOD and Catalase antioxidant enzymes can be boosted by activating the NRF2 protein in our body.
“Nrf2 is a powerful protein that is latent within each cell
in the body, unable to move or operate until it is released by an Nrf2
activator. Once released it migrates into the cell nucleus and bonds to the DNA
at the location of the Antioxidant Response Element (ARE) or also called hARE
(Human Antioxidant Response Element) which is the master regulator of the total
antioxidant system that is available in ALL human cells.” (Source: http://www.nrf2.com/)
PROTANDIM the NRF2
Activator
PROTANDIM is a NRF2 activator which is capable of boosting
the SOD and Catalase enzymes in your body. It signals your body's genes to
produce special antioxidant enzymes, SOD (superoxide dismutase) CAT (catalase)
that work together as the body's first line of defense against free radicals.*
These enzymes are "catalytic," which means that SOD and Catalase are
not used up when they neutralize free radicals. A single daily caplet helps your
body create a cascade of natural catalytic antioxidants that are able to destroy
millions of free radicals per second continuously 24 hours a day.
*Statements contained herein have not been evaluated by the
Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat,
cure or prevent any disease.
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