OXIDATIVE STRESS
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Oxidative stress is the direct result of the action exerted by damaging abnormally high amounts of free radicals on cells and tissues in the body.
Free radicals are atoms or groups of atoms that can react with any molecule of which consists of a cell, causing damage, often with disastrous consequences: functional impairment, structural alterations, cell death ...
The damage is due to the fact that free radicals agents are very "electron greedy" and stabilized, losing the potential to cause injury, only when they manage to wrest from the molecules with which these particles are in contact (oxidizing).
A small proportion of free radicals is also produced in normal conditions, the effect of cellular metabolism. However, when the free radical production increases, constitutes a serious threat to the integrity of the cells.
What are the causes that lead to increased production of free radicals?
The causes can be external or internal to the body.
Among the external causes to the body, we recall some physical agents (eg ultraviolet radiation), several chemicals (eg hydrocarbons, pesticides, food contaminants, drugs) and certain infectious agents (eg viruses and bacteria).
Among the causes are internal to the body from the exaggerate acceleration of cell metabolism (which occurs, for example, after an intense and prolonged physical exertion, without adequate training) and several diseases (eg obesity, diabetes, etc..).
Under conditions of good health, our organism can prevent the damage by free radicals due to the natural defense systems, which are indicated with the term of antioxidants, precisely because they oppose the action, oxidation, free radical.
Antioxidants, therefore, are agents capable of neutralizing the action of free radicals detrimental. Some antioxidants (eg enzyme systems catalase and superoxide dismutase) are endogenous, that are produced by the body which are an integral part. Others, however, such as vitamins C and E, are exogenous, ie they must be introduced from the outside, for example with a proper diet and with the integration
In our body, therefore, there is a delicate balance between production (external or internal) and "disposal" of free radicals (by antioxidants systems).
The disruption of this balance causes the onset of cell damage which, if severe and protracted, leading to an acceleration of the process of aging and the onset of many diseases.
In light of these considerations we can define now with more accuracy oxidative stress as a pathological condition caused by the presence in the body of excessive amounts of free radicals and other reactive oxygen species, attributable to excessive production of these agents and / or at a reduced efficiency of the physiological antioxidant defense systems.
It is evident that it is not possible to have an exact idea of oxidative stress and, in particular the amount of free radicals produced and the degree of efficiency of the defense systems, if you do not evaluate both the components which face each other continuously in the body, ie that the pro-and anti-oxidant.
Arises from these simple considerations, the diagnostic concept of winning global assessment of oxidative stress, now made possible by the new system Evolvo FRAS 4, through the execution of two simple tests, d-ROMs test and BAP test.
The d-ROMs test, the only test recommended by the international scientific community and the International Observatory of Oxidative Stress, is the only test currently available for evaluation of oxidative stress, while the BAP test allows the determination of antioxidant capacity of plasma .
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