Diet is a HUGE priority.
From the study above it shows that food can be a very helpful way of naturally increasing net antioxidants. However; the real problem is due to eating a bad diet.
Most of us have an imbalance of liver Phase I to Phase II detoxification. Most processed food these days are GMO. The last thing someone with any chronic illness needs is to be eating a diet high in GMO's. GMO's inhibit the ability of cytochrome P450 enzymes in the liver. Almost every processed food product you find will have some GMO ingredients in it. Look at this picture from 3 years ago:
http://media.treehugger.com/assets/images/2011/10/20111012-gmo-infographic-percentages.jpg
Here is a great image showing how this can affect us.
http://tuberose.com/Liver_Detoxification.html
GMO's also create dysbiosis by killing off good bacteria.
The PST (Phenol Sulfur Transferase) Enzyme can be overloaded by toxins and excess phenols quite easily, once this happens we can no longer oxidize sulfur to sulfate.
We can see how important sulfate is here:
Anyways I could go on and on, I don't want to make this post too long though. I hope you see how important diet can be.
This is great article for more reading:
www.naturalnews.com/039743_processed_foods_eating_reasons.html
Free radicals damage contributes to the etiology of many chronic health problems such as cardiovascular and inflammatory disease, cataract, and cancer. Antioxidants prevent free radical induced tissue damage by preventing the formation of radicals, scavenging them, or by promoting their decomposition. Synthetic antioxidants are recently reported to be dangerous to human health. Thus the search for effective, nontoxic natural compounds with antioxidative activity has been intensified in recent years. In addition to endogenous antioxidant defense systems, consumption of dietary and plant-derived antioxidants appears to be a suitable alternative. Dietary and other components of plants form a major source of antioxidants. The traditional Indian diet, spices, and medicinal plants are rich sources of natural antioxidants; higher intake of foods with functional attributes including high level of antioxidants in antioxidants in functional foods is one strategy that is gaining importance.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3249911/
From the study above it shows that food can be a very helpful way of naturally increasing net antioxidants. However; the real problem is due to eating a bad diet.
Most of us have an imbalance of liver Phase I to Phase II detoxification. Most processed food these days are GMO. The last thing someone with any chronic illness needs is to be eating a diet high in GMO's. GMO's inhibit the ability of cytochrome P450 enzymes in the liver. Almost every processed food product you find will have some GMO ingredients in it. Look at this picture from 3 years ago:
http://media.treehugger.com/assets/images/2011/10/20111012-gmo-infographic-percentages.jpg
This paper presents an exhaustive review of the toxic effects of the herbicide, glyphosate, the active
ingredient in Roundup®, in humans, and demonstrates how glyphosate’s adverse effects on the gut
microbiota, in conjunction with its established ability to inhibit the activity of cytochrome P450
enzymes, and its likely impairment of sulfate transport, can remarkably explain a great number of the
diseases and conditions that are prevalent in the modern industrialized world. Its effects are insidious,
because the long-term effects are often not immediately apparent. The pathologies to which glyphosate
could plausibly contribute, through its known biosemiotic effects, include inflammatory bowel disease, Entropy 2013, 15 30 obesity, depression, ADHD, autism, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, ALS, multiple sclerosis,
cancer, cachexia, infertility, and developmental malformations. Glyphosate works synergistically with
other factors, such as insufficient sun exposure, dietary deficiencies in critical nutrients such as sulfur
and zinc, and synergistic exposure to other xenobiotics whose detoxification is impaired by glyphosate.
Given the known toxic effects of glyphosate reviewed here and the plausibility that they are negatively
impacting health worldwide, it is imperative for more independent research to take place to validate
the ideas presented here, and to take immediate action, if they are verified, to drastically curtail the use
of glyphosate in agriculture. Glyphosate is likely to be pervasive in our food supply, and, contrary to
being essentially nontoxic, it may in fact be the most biologically disruptive chemical in our
environment.
http://www.gmoevidence.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/GlyModern-diseaseSamsel-Seneff-13-1.pdf
Cytochrome P450 enzymes are the most important enzymes in Phase I metabolism in mammals, and are primarily responsible for the metabolism (degradation and elimination) of drugs.
http://www.ebi.ac.uk/interpro/potm/2006_10/Page1.htm
Here is a great image showing how this can affect us.
http://tuberose.com/Liver_Detoxification.html
GMO's also create dysbiosis by killing off good bacteria.
Several studies have shown that the organisms (mostly bacteria) of the microbiome can take up genes from GMO foods[4],[5]. "Conjugation", or gene transfer, is a common trick used by bacteria to evolve and adapt. This is one mechanism by which antibiotic resistance perpetuates. The consequences of GMO gene transfer to intestinal bacteria involve the expression of the gene and/or insertional mutagenesis. The frequency with which these consequences will occur is not known, but they will occur to some degree at least.
Intestinal bacteria which begin to express the GMO gene will then be producing the same active proteins which define the GMO. For example, intestinal bacteria could start producing the Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) pesticidal toxin that has been inserted into potatoes, corn, and soybeans. The exact effect of this toxin on humans, if any, is not well established but it has been found in a study of Canadian women, including pregnant women and their fetuses[6].
Insertional mutagenesis refers to the gene inserting itself into another coding gene and, thus, causing a gene mutation by disrupting the code. This may produce more severe results as it is a well known mechanism by which viruses may cause cancer, cell death, or cellular dysfunction.
These same mechanisms, gene transfer and insertional mutagenesis, can affect human cells just the same. While intestinal cells are likely to be the most affected, GMO genes which pass into the blood intact may affect just about any cell and tissue in the body. It is quite possible that GMO foods are regularly resulting in the genetic modification of the humans consuming them! There are many unknowns here and I suspect that there remains a lot to be discovered, but we should not let the absence of evidence be mistaken for the evidence of absent harm. We should, instead, demand more information and more research!
http://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/gm...ic-basis-serious-concern-and-immediate-action
The PST (Phenol Sulfur Transferase) Enzyme can be overloaded by toxins and excess phenols quite easily, once this happens we can no longer oxidize sulfur to sulfate.
We can see how important sulfate is here:
Sulphate is required for:
·mucin proteins: Mucin protein production is very important. If there is a deficiency in sulphation there are known links with gut dysfunction and irritable bowel. There must be enough sulphur attached to these proteins otherwise the gut wall will allow peptides through.
·steroids
·bile acids
·phenols
·cholecystokinin: Cholecystokinin (cck-8) protein allows the gut to be linked with the brain structure. This stimulates the secretion of enzymes, gastric acid and gall bladder contraction. It also controls food intake.
·Gastrin must be sulphated to release active pepsin. Pepsin activates secretin release and cholecystokinin, which when sulphated, stimulates the pancreas to release pancreatic enzymes.
·catecholamines
·formation of connective tissue.
http://www.allnaturaladvantage.com.au/Sulphation_diagram.htm
Anyways I could go on and on, I don't want to make this post too long though. I hope you see how important diet can be.
This is great article for more reading:
www.naturalnews.com/039743_processed_foods_eating_reasons.html
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