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Vitamin C Information for
Smokers.
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Formula Page.
Antioxidants are of special interest and
importance to Smokers because smoking reduces
their number and increases the work they need
to do to preserve a smoker's health.
Antioxidants
can be conceptualized in a number of different
ways: as insurance against some of the more visible
effects of aging; as a weapon in our fight to
make our average life expectancy more closely
resemble our ultimate lifespan; and as a line
of defense against the risk of developing certain
illnesses and diseases.
What are antioxidants?
Essentially, they are substances that reduce, neutralize,
and prevent the damage done to the body by free radicals.
Free radicals are simply electrons that are no longer
attached to atoms. Instead of circling the nucleus
of an atom (much like the earth circles the sun),
free radicals are both free and radical enough to
go careening through our cells, inflicting damage
as they go.
What causes free radicals to be formed? A process
called oxidation creates free radicals and this process
happens in the context of normal metabolic processes
and our everyday exposure to our environment. In
other words, eating, breathing, and going out in
the sun all contribute to the the process of oxidation,
free radical formation, and the resulting damage
that is caused to the cells of our bodies.
What kind of damage are we talking about? Pretty
much every kind you can think of: the deterioration
of bone, joints and connective tissue; the wearing
out of organs; the decline of the immune system;
the irritating advance of the visible effects of
aging; and even, possibly, to some extent, the
aging process itelf.
Because free radicals are implicated in all these
processes, minimizing and neutralizing their activity
with antioxidants may allow us to live longer and
healthier lives, look and feel better, and reduce
or eliminate the risk of certain illnesses.
Vitamin C is one of the more powerful and well-known
antioxidants.
Just as exposing a cut apple to air causes it to
quickly turn brown, cells of the body can also suffer
damage when exposed to oxygen, a process known as
oxidation. Oxidation causes aging of the skin as
well as all other organs and tissues of the body.
Vitamin C, as a free-radical fighter, helps ward
off wrinkles and many illnesses linked to oxidation,
including cataracts, arthritis, heart disease, and
cancer.
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