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Article: Overcoming the free radical threat. (intake of certain nutrients bolsters antioxidant defenses in the body)
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- Nutrition Health Review
- Article date:
- June 22, 1990
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Overcoming the Free Radical Threat
The body has an antioxidant defense system consisting of enzymes and nutrients that protects the body from oxidative cell damage. When there is an ample supply of these antioxidants, free radical damage is not a problem. But Dr. Lester Packer of the University of California at Berkeley has demonstrated in his studies of runners and cyclists that the body's antioxidant supply gets used up more quickly under conditions of increased oxygen consumption during exercise. Packer found that ...