Nutrition & Anti-Oxidant Accelerator - 60 Caps

{"id":2150801047616,"title":"Nutrition \u0026 Anti-Oxidant Accelerator - 60 Caps","handle":"nutrition-anti-oxidant-accelerator-60-caps","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis product may be termed as one of them \u003cem\u003emultiples for your genes\u003c\/em\u003e as it helps support several pathways.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIngredients:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eZinc\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCopper\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eManganese\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSelenomethionine\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eApple Polyphenols\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBee Pollen\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKale\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLiver\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOrganic Turkey Tail Mushrooms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCatalase\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSuperoxide Dismutase\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMarine Phytoplankton\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePotential Benefits:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eprovides food-based ingredients for complete vitamin, mineral, amino acid, and antioxidants\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eprovides SOD and Catalase\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSupports SOD production\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"layoutArea\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOxidative Stress and Antioxidants Normal metabolism, and exposure to toxins and stress, leaves a residue of free radicals – reactive atoms with one or more unpaired electrons. The reactive nature of free radicals gives rise to potentially harmful interactions with sensitive cellular proteins, lipids and DNA. These interactions, called oxidative stress, occur when free radicals overwhelm the antioxidant defenses, causing an imbalance favoring oxidants. The result is disruption of a delicate cellular redox signaling matrix, and molecular damage known to underly many diseases. Normally, oxidative stress is controlled by small-molecule, low-molecular-weight, nonenzyme antioxidants such as vitamins A, C and E, carotenoids, polyphenols, and glutathione, and especially by antioxidant enzymes such as superoxide dismutase, catalase and glutathione peroxidase.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"layoutArea\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eFree Radical Theory\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor many years, free radicals and oxidative stress were held to be a prime cause of chronic disease and premature aging. This was known, and widely embraced, as the free radical theory of aging.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt was thought that liberal supplementation with antioxidant compounds would quench the reactive free radicals, mitigate oxidative stress, and prevent many diseases, perhaps even slow the aging process. Research in recent years, including the failure of several high-profile antioxidant supplement trials, has forced a revision of the theory. Although the reaction has been excessive and unfair, legitimate questions have been raised regarding the wisdom of supplementing with high doses of isolated antioxidant compounds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"layoutArea\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFree radicals have beneficial as well as harmful roles, and not all oxidation caused by free radicals leads to harmful oxidative stress. Although the evidence is overwhelming that uncontrolled oxidative stress is pathogenic, and that consumption of diets rich in antioxidant nutrients and phytochemicals is beneficial, there also exists oxidative \"stress\" that is physiologic and desirable. Mitochondrial oxidations, for example, are vital for energy production and all cellular functions, and oxidations in white blood cells are vital for destruction of invasive microbes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe situation was summed eloquently by Levonen and colleagues: \"the idea that free radicals are bad and antioxidants are good' is clearly undergoing a critical and high-profile reappraisal.... the oxidative stress hypothesis has reached the limits of its utility and should be replaced with the 'redox biology paradigm' in which antioxidants play the primary role of modulating the complex networks controlling cell signaling and metabolism.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"layoutArea\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this view, antioxidants serve as regulators of cellular redox networks – the complex of signaling pathways that control cell function, including free radicals in their beneficial roles – rather than exclusively protecting against the free radical \"bad actors\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"layoutArea\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEmbracing the New Paradigm In adopting this new paradigm, it is important still to retain the lessons of the preceeding several decades of research, which showed beyond question that uncontrolled oxidative stress damages fragile lipid and other molecules, promotes inflammation, is generally pathogenic, and speeds the aging process. There remains a massive literature linking oxidative stress with most degenerative diseases including cancer, atherosclerosis, cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease, cataracts, macular degeneration and many others. Whole books are still written on this subject.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe old paradigm had value, but led to foolishly-designed trials using very high doses of isolated small-molecule antioxidants, with the expectation that this would cure or mitigate major diseases. These expectations were unwise. Although such supplementation might have been effective in Controlling inappropriate oxidative stress, it may also have depressed essential oxidations such as those required for synthesis of prostaglandins or for mitochondrial energy production.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"layoutArea\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhatever the mechanism, the bottom line was that too much of a good thing led to typically null results, and in a very few cases bad results. The new paradigm modifies but does not overthrow the old. There is room for both, and the new paradigm encourages not abandonment of antioxidants, but more mature and wise use of them: in combination, in lower doses, and with an emphasis on activating defensive enzymes rather than direct scavenging of free radicals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGenetic supplementation is complex and requires a deep understanding of the entire genetic picture.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eOur \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.connersclinic.com\/collections\/memberships\/products\/genetic-review\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGenetics Membership\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e includes the kit, a full workup, review, report, summary, Dr. Conners’ personalized recommendations - and MORE.\u003cspan 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The reactive nature of free radicals gives rise to potentially harmful interactions with sensitive cellular proteins, lipids and DNA. These interactions, called oxidative stress, occur when free radicals overwhelm the antioxidant defenses, causing an imbalance favoring oxidants. The result is disruption of a delicate cellular redox signaling matrix, and molecular damage known to underly many diseases. Normally, oxidative stress is controlled by small-molecule, low-molecular-weight, nonenzyme antioxidants such as vitamins A, C and E, carotenoids, polyphenols, and glutathione, and especially by antioxidant enzymes such as superoxide dismutase, catalase and glutathione peroxidase.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"layoutArea\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eFree Radical Theory\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor many years, free radicals and oxidative stress were held to be a prime cause of chronic disease and premature aging. This was known, and widely embraced, as the free radical theory of aging.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt was thought that liberal supplementation with antioxidant compounds would quench the reactive free radicals, mitigate oxidative stress, and prevent many diseases, perhaps even slow the aging process. Research in recent years, including the failure of several high-profile antioxidant supplement trials, has forced a revision of the theory. Although the reaction has been excessive and unfair, legitimate questions have been raised regarding the wisdom of supplementing with high doses of isolated antioxidant compounds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"layoutArea\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFree radicals have beneficial as well as harmful roles, and not all oxidation caused by free radicals leads to harmful oxidative stress. Although the evidence is overwhelming that uncontrolled oxidative stress is pathogenic, and that consumption of diets rich in antioxidant nutrients and phytochemicals is beneficial, there also exists oxidative \"stress\" that is physiologic and desirable. Mitochondrial oxidations, for example, are vital for energy production and all cellular functions, and oxidations in white blood cells are vital for destruction of invasive microbes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe situation was summed eloquently by Levonen and colleagues: \"the idea that free radicals are bad and antioxidants are good' is clearly undergoing a critical and high-profile reappraisal.... the oxidative stress hypothesis has reached the limits of its utility and should be replaced with the 'redox biology paradigm' in which antioxidants play the primary role of modulating the complex networks controlling cell signaling and metabolism.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"layoutArea\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this view, antioxidants serve as regulators of cellular redox networks – the complex of signaling pathways that control cell function, including free radicals in their beneficial roles – rather than exclusively protecting against the free radical \"bad actors\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"layoutArea\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEmbracing the New Paradigm In adopting this new paradigm, it is important still to retain the lessons of the preceeding several decades of research, which showed beyond question that uncontrolled oxidative stress damages fragile lipid and other molecules, promotes inflammation, is generally pathogenic, and speeds the aging process. There remains a massive literature linking oxidative stress with most degenerative diseases including cancer, atherosclerosis, cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease, cataracts, macular degeneration and many others. Whole books are still written on this subject.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe old paradigm had value, but led to foolishly-designed trials using very high doses of isolated small-molecule antioxidants, with the expectation that this would cure or mitigate major diseases. These expectations were unwise. Although such supplementation might have been effective in Controlling inappropriate oxidative stress, it may also have depressed essential oxidations such as those required for synthesis of prostaglandins or for mitochondrial energy production.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"layoutArea\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhatever the mechanism, the bottom line was that too much of a good thing led to typically null results, and in a very few cases bad results. The new paradigm modifies but does not overthrow the old. There is room for both, and the new paradigm encourages not abandonment of antioxidants, but more mature and wise use of them: in combination, in lower doses, and with an emphasis on activating defensive enzymes rather than direct scavenging of free radicals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGenetic supplementation is complex and requires a deep understanding of the entire genetic picture.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eOur \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.connersclinic.com\/collections\/memberships\/products\/genetic-review\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGenetics Membership\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e includes the kit, a full workup, review, report, summary, Dr. Conners’ personalized recommendations - and MORE.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eClick \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.connersclinic.com\/collections\/memberships\/products\/genetic-review\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHERE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e for details.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e"}