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Vitamins and Minerals Against Cancer (II)

Thursday, May 6th, 2010

vitamins and minerals against cancerVitamins as a Shield Anticancer

Unlike carbohydrates, fats and proteins, vitamins are not an energy source, but serve as chemical models for enzymes related to metabolic function, cell production, tissue repair and other vital processes.

Vitamin C, and precursor of vitamin A as beta-carotene, are antioxidants, so they are considered as protectors of the oxidation of cells, and thus of degenerative diseases such as cancer.

Vitamin C or ascorbic acid has been widely documented. Today is known as stress vitamin because of its association with all processes related to metabolic stress. As an antioxidant shield your needs are greater than the rest of the vitamins, which in just a few milligrams fulfill these functions. (more…)

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Vitamins and Minerals Against Cancer (I)

Monday, May 3rd, 2010

vitamins and minerals against cancerEvery day more than is manifested not so much over time as metabolism the cause of aging and its allied diseases.

Science has documented that the oxygen of the air we live causes us the tribute of an oxidative stress that impairs the cell tissues. The panacea, a result of numerous studies, is directed toward the vitamins, as compounds with more antioxidant activity.

Throughout life, millions of free radicals our cells are bombarded daily. The fact that they need many years to get to cause injury or illness is due to enzymes and other compounds that produce our own body fight relentlessly in order to be able to neutralize them. The action of free radicals linked to cancer, but the protection against free radicals is allied to vitamins for its antioxidant effect. (more…)

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