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Thursday, February 12, 2009

The Harmful Effects of Eating

By Dr. Jerimiah Crossderd

The process of eating foods regardless of how enjoyable the meal is, creates stress on the body-The stress occurs as the body begins to digest the foods and creates what is called oxidation stress. As the digestion process occurs in our bodies, harmful molecules are released known as free radicals.

Studies have concluded that foods that are rich in antioxidants like the acai berry can help in fighting off these harmful and toxic free radicals. The Agricultural Research Service (ARS) has mentioned that it highly recommends people eat at least some kind of anti-oxidant rich food at every meal.

A study was done to learn more about the effects of antioxidants on after meal oxidation stress by using medical studies with healthy female subjects.

Studies found that blood plasma in the participants declined after eating meals that did not include antioxidants. On the contrary, when the meals were prepared with antioxidant rich acai fruit berry, the blood plasma stayed at the same level.

The scientists concluded that eating meals that lack antioxidants can lead to cellular damage by free radicals. The increase in free radical damage is hypothesized to be the cause of cancer, and other debilitating diseases.

The research was part of a larger study that was conducted to find out how the human body consumed antioxidants in cherries, dried plums, red grapes, aside very, strawberries, and wild berries.

Scientist used a method known as ORAC (Oxygen Radical Absorbent Capacity) to delve into the fruits antioxidant concentration and effectiveness.

The US government currently has no guidelines or recommendations on the amount of antioxidants the human body needs to fight and rid itself of these harmful free radicals that cause so much damage.

The entire research results can be found in the 2007 Journal of the American College of Nutrition.

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