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The holy berry from the desert -- Seabuckthorn What is SeaBuckthorn ? Legends During ancient Mongolian time it was a legend that Gengis Khan led his army through Gobi desert and during the journey their horses were injured or sick. They then set free their horses which were then inflicted with injuries, serious disease into the desert without any hope that the horses would be able to survive. However on their way back to Mongolia, the Gengis Khan was surprised to notice that their horses were not only living but had fully recovered from disease and injuries. They took pain to investigate and finally discovered that the cure for the disease and injuries was none other than the shrub fruits and leaves that thrived in the desert and highland. The shrub trees bear tiny yellow or orange berries. They also noticed that the skin of the horses was shining. The berry was subsequently referred to by the Mongolia and Tibetan as “holy fruit”. The berry had been listed in “the Chinese Pharmacopoeia” as the precious resource that can be used for food and medicine. The berry is none other than what we called today, the Seabuckthorn. Coincidentally there is another legend which said that before 12 century BC, the ancient Greeks were indeed surprised to find their sick and injured horses which were set free to die not only recovered from sickness and injuries but on the contrary became stronger and more energetic than before. They also discovered a kind of shrubbery that cured their horses. They named the tree as “Sallow thorn” presumably from the berries which can stain the skin yellow and is also known as Hippophae Rhamnoides L which mean giving light to a horse as the word “hippos” means horse and “phaos” means light. This is berry is Seabuckthorn. Mongolia and Greece are countries in two separate continents and the coincidental findings of the beneficial effect of Seabuckthorn came to us as a surprise. Thus there must be something in Seabuckthorn to warrant the medicinal usage in those days and also warrant further in depth research into this wonderful “holy fruit” - the seabuckthorn! In fact many medicinal usages have been found through years of research and study and the medicinal properties of Seabuckthorn are reported in many of the medical journals. Medicinal application of Seabuckthorn was first recorded in Chinese Tang Dynasty (618-907 A.D.). In the Tibetan medicinal classics, namely, the Four Books of Pharmacopoeia where the medical uses of Seabuckthorn were recorded and narrated in detail in 24 chapters. In Yuan Dynasty from 1271 to 1368, Seabuckthorn fruits were confirmed as health products for Emperors. Its medicinal values and health care functions were again recorded in the pharmacopoeia of the "the Pearl Material Medica" in the Qing Dynasty during 1644 and 1911. In 1977 Seabuckthorn was referred to in the "Chinese Pharmacopoeia". Seabuckthorn was been confirmed by Chinese Ministry of Public Health as one of the plant species not only for foodstuff and medicine but also for re-forestation of desert and environmental protection. The findings of the medicinal property of Seabuckthorn have attracted world wide attention and even European Commission had sponsored a project namely, Establishment of European Asian Network for development of strategies to enhance the sustainable usage of Seabuckthorn. This reinforced the findings that Seabuckthorn does have certain beneficial effects to our health though the mystery of Seabuckthorn is yet to be fully unlocked but what had been unlocked has shown tremendous benefit to the health and well being of the people. Seabuckthorn has many economic, nutritional and medicinal benefits and values. China, Mongolia and Russia are pioneers among the Seabuckthorn growing countries in the world delving into the research of Seabuckthorn for various purposes like food, medicine and cosmetics. Seabuckthorn Plant Seabuckthorn is a hardy, fast growing deciduous tree like shrub which grows well in dry soil or desert to a height between 2 to 4 meters with yellow to orange berries depending on the variety of the family. Its roots can go very deep about 30 0ver feet into the soil and it is for this reason Seabuckthorn is able to thrive in desert despite the severe climatic condition and it is also for this reason that Seabuckthorn is chosen as a plant for re-forestation and prevention for soil erosion. It has thorns which are enough to ward off the most thick skinned bugs and birds. The tree has rough brown or black bark and a thick greyish green crown. Leaves are alternate, narrow and with a silver grey colour on the under side. The berry is oval in shape and the colour ranges from yellow to orange depending on the variety. Seabuckthorn oil According to Russian and Chinese scientists, Seabuckthorn contains about 190 bio-active components of which 106 are in the oil. Seabuckthorn contains wonderful bio-active substances and nutrients and about 90% of the oil is unsaturated fatty acid including (i) linolenic acid (Omega 3) (ii) linoleic acid (Omega 6), (iii) Oleic acid (Omega 9), (iv) palmitoleic acid (Omega 7). The Omega 3 and Omega 6 are in almost perfect ratio of 1:1. Seabuckthorn oil is especially rich in the rare form of Omega-7 series of fatty acid which is beneficial to the skin. Omega-3 fatty acid family is also called DHA [DocasalHexaenoic Acid]. Although DHA can be synthesized in the body from alpha-linolenic acid but the capacity for synthesis declines with age. The Omega-3 and Omega-6 family of fatty acids are essential to health because they cannot be synthesized in the body but must be obtained from the diet. Another most important long chain fatty acids in Omega-3 family is EPA [EicosaPentaenoic Acid]. Seabuckthorn oil is especially rich in Omega-7 series fatty acid ( palmitoleic acid) which accounts for about 30% of the total oil. Omega 3 helps to reduce blood pressure, dissolves accumulated fat, altering platelet aggregation and promote metabolism thereby reducing the tendency of the blood to clot. It also helps to decrease total cholesterol and LDL cholesterol and decrease the risk of heart disease. It is the DHA in heart cell membranes rather than DHA in the bloodstream which is protective [ Prevention of Cardiac Arrhythmia by Dietary (n-3) Polyunsaturated Fatty acids and their mechanism of action-- Sudheera Nair et.al] Though Omega 3 fatty acids can be found in fish but with the industrial and domestic effluents being discharged into the sea, the sea has become polluted and the fatty acids derived from the fish in the sea will inevitably be polluted. Hence the safest fatty acids will be those derived from plants which grow wild in the nature. SeaBuckthorn oil also rich in nutrients and vitamins. The vitamins include A (derived from -carotene), C, E, B1, B2, K and P. According to Current Science vol.88 No.1, 10 January 2005 under the title Seabuckthorn: Oil with promising medicinal value by T. Parimelazhagan, O.P Chaurasia and Z.Ahmed it was stated that the Seabuckthorn fruits contain high amount of bio-active substances. It contains 5 to 100 times more vitamin C (ascorbic acid) than any other known fruit or vegetable. It is ranked 4th after rosehips, hot chili pepper and sweet red pepper. Seabuckthorn oil contains twice the amount of vitamin E (-tocopherol) as wheat oil, nine times as much as corn oil and a stunning 35 times as much as soybean oil and is in second place after wheatgerm oil. D-a-tocopherol (the most potent vitamin E form) is the major form of vitamin E in Seabuckthorn oil. [B. Aluokumofu Pharmacological Effects of Seabuckthorn Oil. HIPPOPHAE. Sept. 1992, Vol. 5 (8)]. Seabuckthorn appears to has an unsurpassed natural source of vitamins A, carotenes and flavonoids. Seabuckthorn oil also has a high content of b-carotene which is in 4th place after carrots, rosehips and sweet red peppers. The b-carotene content gives the berries their colour which can vary from yellow to red depending on the variety. Among the carotenes found in Seabuckthorn are alfa – and beta- carote lycopene, cryptoxanthin, zeaxanthin, taraxanthin and phytofluin. Seabuckthorn oil also consists of flavonoids, carotenoids, folic acid numerous microelements and more than 28 trace elements including iron, zinc, selenium, manganese, copper, iodine, nickel, magnesium, sodium etc. It has been reported that besides the above elements it also contains 42 lipids, carbohydrates, tocopherols, phenols, terpenes, phytosterols, steroids such as B- sitosterol, B-amyrin, a-amyrin and tannin. Phytochemicals such as flavonoids, carotenoids and phytosterols are found in Seabuckthorn oil. Yang Cunshe ( hippophae 1995, vol.8 No.1 pp 33-35) shows in a clinical study that seabuckthorn has the effect of decreasing total cholesterol and triglycerides and by increasing HDL.

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沙漠之圣果--沙棘 什麽是沙棘？ 传说 成吉思汗西征时 军队经过广阔的沙漠受到暴风沙的袭击导致许多马匹受伤和得到疾病。蒙古人向来不杀马。他们 对马有一种特殊的感情因为马忠诚的为主服务。成吉思汗 把 受伤和得到疾病的马匹留在沙漠，任其自生自灭。当 成吉思汗从西回归时他 发现 到那些 受伤和得到疾病 的马匹，每一匹都 健康无病还能在沙漠上奔驰。经过详细的侦查他们发现到在沙漠上只有沙棘树和果。 因而结论必是 沙棘叶和果医治疗了马。因为这个发现 ，从此肯定了沙棘的药用价值，传说他让御医用沙棘为蒙古贵族调制出了强身治病的蒙药。成吉思汗长年征战在外，平日就靠沙棘强身健体，抵御疾病。蒙藏称 沙棘果为圣果。 另一个传说是早在古希腊, 人们依靠马来作战和作为唯一快捷的交通工具， 所以古希腊人对马也有一种特殊的情感。他们从来不杀死马，总是把作战受伤和一些老弱病残不能医治的马，放到野外，任其自生自灭。有一次他们把受伤和得到疾病 的战马放在随处可见的一种灌木丛野外，过了好几个月，这些马又回来了，并且个个膘肥体壮，毛皮也闪闪发光 ，古希腊人感到非常奇怪。古希腊人侦查后发现到原来这些受过伤和得到疾病 的战马来到了一片沙棘林，饿了吃沙棘叶，渴了吃沙棘果，依靠沙棘为生。沙棘的叶子和果实滋养了这些病瘦的马匹.。聪明的古希腊人知道了沙棘有疗伤和治病的作用。于是他们就给这种灌木起了一个形象的名字 -Hippophae rhamnoides L.，它的意思就是“使马皮肤发光的树”。这是"沙棘"拉丁学名的来历。 又相传在三国时期，蜀国的一次冬征中，由于山路险恶，人疲马乏，后继粮草又接济不上，很快就陷入了饥饿和体弱多病的危境中。这时，有人在荒山野岭中发现了一种被称为"刺果"的植物，果实鲜艳挂满了枝头，可是却没人敢吃。但士兵们却发现一些战马吃了这些野果和树叶后迅速恢复了体力和伤口，才纷纷采食，因此渡过了难关。这种植物就是沙棘.。 藏族医学家宇妥·元丹贡布(708～833)的藏医经典《四部医典》中，就记载了沙棘的神奇妙用，说它对呼吸系统有祛痰利肺的功效，能协调肝、胃、肾、心的功能平衡，对循环系统有活血化瘀的作用，对创伤有止痛、促进愈合的再生功能等。17世纪的学者罗桑却佩所著《藏医学选编》，更明确了沙棘对胃、肝、肠、痞病和妇科疾病的治疗作用。唐朝元朝和清朝医典皆肯定了沙棘得医药治疗价值。. 有于沙棘对预防和治疗疾病方面有它的医疗价值,许多国家在七十年代都急极来研究. 中国,苏联和蒙古是 沙棘 研究的先驱者。. 沙棘树 沙棘是一种生命力极强的乔灌木植物。生长很快，有广泛的适应性。一般生长在干燥，寒冷的贫瘠山区。树高可达四米，果实颜色根据它的种类从黄到橙色.沙棘根系发达，地下根幅可达10多米， 种植沙棘，能够肥沃土壤，为其他植物提供养分。 沙棘在防风固沙，保持水土，绿化荒山，改善环境上有巨大的作用。它的 刺 修长可防昆虫和鸟类的侵袭, 叶底为 银灰色。 沙棘 油 根据苏联和 中国的科学家的发现, 沙棘 油 富含190多种生物活性物质,其中106 种 溶于油 而90%的油是不饱和的 包括 亚麻酸(Omega 3), 亚酸 (Omega 6) , 油酸 (Omega 9), 棕榈酸 (Omega 7)。 亚麻酸(Omega 3),和亚酸 (Omega 6) 的比率是1:1. 沙棘 油特别富含对皮肤有 益的棕榈酸 (Omega 7) 占有30%的总油。 我们的身体本能制造亚麻酸(Omega 3)但随着年龄的增长它的产量也跟着减低。 亚麻酸(Omega 3),和亚酸 (Omega 6) 对身体健康有巨大的效益因此我们必须从食物中摄取。根据报道 亚麻酸(Omega 3) 可帮助减低血压，消脂，改变小血板得总和及提高成新代谢以进防止血液凝结的倾向。 亚麻酸(Omega 3) 也可帮助降低胆固醇的总和，坏胆固醇和保护心脏细胞而降低心脏病的风险。 [Prevention of Cardiac Arrhythmia by Dietary (n-3) Polyunsaturated Fatty acids and their mechanism of action-- Sudheera Nair et.al ；Yang Cunshe ( hippophae 1995, vol.8 No.1 pp 33-35)] 虽然 亚麻酸(Omega 3)可从鱼类获取但海洋受到污染，鱼类的亚麻酸(Omega 3) 也可能受到污染而不适合摄取。在者捕鱼多数在深海，当把鱼送回岸， 鱼多多少少已变质， 从而影响了鱼油的品质。根据科学家的发现，最好的亚麻酸(Omega 3)，), 亚酸 (Omega 6) , 油酸 (Omega 9), 棕榈酸 (Omega 7)的来源是从大自然的植物！ 沙棘 油富含营养和维生素。维生素包括维生素A (得自胡萝卜素）C, E, B1, B2, K 和 P。根据报道在现代科学 （vol.88 No.1, 10 January 2005）的标题 Seabuckthorn: Oil with promising medicinal value by T. Parimelazhagan, O.P Chaurasia and Z.Ahmed 和B. Aluokumofu Pharmacological Effects of Seabuckthorn Oil. 报道于HIPPOPHAE. Sept. 1992, Vol. 5 (8)] 沙棘含有 190 多 种 对人体有益的生物活性成分。它比其他果或蔬菜 多出5-100 倍的维生素 C，它的维生素 E 比小麦有多出2倍, 比玉米油多出9倍， 比大豆 油多出35倍。沙棘 丰含维生素A ，胡萝卜素和酮。它所含的胡萝卜素是所有植物中排位第四。沙棘 果的 颜色从黄到红是因为 b-胡萝卜素含量所造成。 沙棘有含有多种类的胡萝卜素 （比如 alfa – 和 beta- carote lycopene, cryptoxanthin, zeaxanthin, taraxanthin 及 phytofluin）。 B-胡萝卜素是胡萝卜素中最具活性的。 沙棘 油也富含 類黃酮，類胡羅卜素，植物甾醇类和葉酸，多种微生物 成分，28種微量元素如鐵，鋅，硒，錳，銅，碘，鎳，鎂，鉀，鈣，硫，鈉，鈷和氯等。据报道,除了上述内容,但也有42脂肪、碳水化合物，生育酚, 苯酚，烯 ，甾醇 等等。

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Nutrients of Nature vs drugs In his book entitled “ What your doctor doesn't know about nutritional medicine may be killing you” Dr. Ray D. Strand, M.D. disclosed that many sickness which could not be cured by modern drugs may find the answers in nutrition. This is true as it can be seen that diseases such as scurvy can be cured by Vitamin C and beri-beri- by vitamin B which are nutrients bestowed by nature. Drugs on the other hand, are usually chemically synthesized with raw materials not from plants or organic source. Hence all drugs are inherently dangerous and do have side effects though they may be approved by FDA. As drugs are synthetic and our bodies consider them as invaders. In this book by the same author entitled “ Death by Prescription” he referred to an article entitled “Incidence of Adverse Drug Reactions in Hospitalized Patients” in the “Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) wherein it was revealed that in 1994 more than 2.2 million people required hospitalization because of serious reactions to medication and more than 106,000 of theses patients actually died because of adverse drug reactions- reactions to properly prescribed and administered medications and this have not been changed significantly over the past 30 years ! Furthermore as we aged, the production of enzymes will be reduced, affecting the speed of breaking down and eliminating the drugs from the body and one particular enzyme is cytochrome P450 system. If the speed of breaking down and eliminating the drugs has been slowed down then it will choke up our systems and will give rise to more sickness which again will result more drugs being administered and this will seriously affect the function of kidney and the entire body systems which eventually will lead to death. Many of the side effect of drugs are not disclosed until and unless you make your own research into it and at times even the doctors who prescribed the drugs will not be able to tell you what are the side effects. With so many untold side effects, it is therefore logical we shall seek alternative remedies from nature in the form of nutrients which are bioavailable. Some scientists referred these nutrients as bionutriention, cellular nutritions or neutraceuticals. Basically it means the nutrition for the body's cells. As the method of cultivation of crops is becoming more and more commercialized with the aim of increasing output thus the nutritional value of the crops are often being overlooked or side stepped which necessitate us to look for suitable nutritional supplements in addition to our usual consumption of grains, vegetables and fruits. In the book entitled “Bionutrition” by Dr. Ray Strad it shows that there are significant health benefits to consume high quality nutritional supplements but the best source of nutritional supplements come from plants based nutrients as suggested by Dr. Brain R. Clement, the director of the Hippocrates Health Institute, in his book entitled “Supplements Exposed” which reveals many of the health supplements found in the market are synthesized rather than from the nature or plants which may affect our health instead of being beneficial to our health . Though we are able to explore the universe yet there are many mysteries in the plants' nutrients which are beneficial to our health are yet to be unlocked and scientists nowadays are still investigating the wonder of plants' nutrients however time is running out as many countries in the name of development have cleared thousands of kilometer squares of jungle thereby exterminate plants and herbs which are beneficial to human being and some plants and herbs may be on the verge of extinction ! To preserve the nature particularly plants and herbs we must first of all have some knowledge and information about the nutritional value of plants and herbs particularly in respect of health so that afford can be taken to preserve them. There is an interesting article published by the non profitable organization at its website with its title “ maybe the cure for cancer is sitting in your refrigerator” you may be doing yourself a favour by surfing into the site at http://www.oralcancerfoundation.org/facts/nutrition.htm Thus in the next article I will examine the plants' nutrients and trace minerals to see how they will affect our well being.

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天然营养 相对西药 Dr. Ray D. Strand, M.D. 在其书 “ 别让不懂营养的医生害了你“ 中说很多的疾病 西药是不能医治的但营养却能。 比如坏血病可用维生素 C 来治疗，脚气病可用维生素 B 来治疗。 天然的维生素是大自然给与我们的。 相对的西药却是化学物的合成品。它们不是从植物中所摄取的。化学的原料通常来源自石油的副产品。西药不能被身体接纳，它们在身体里潜伏着相当高的危海。虽然西药通常被美国药剂管制局所批准但他们还是会有副作用。西药是化学合成品，它们不被身体所接纳，所以 身体很自然的把它们当作外来的侵犯者而产生本能排除的反应。Dr. Ray D. Strand, M.D. 在其书 “死亡的药剂“ （“ Death by Prescription”）中提到美国医药西协会曾经出版一篇报告“西药对病者所产生的副作用“ （“Incidence of Adverse Drug Reactions in Hospitalized Patients” ）。 那篇报告说在1994 年有 超过两百二十万人因为西药所产生的副作用而必须进院治疗 其中而有超过106，000 因而死亡。但这种情况经过了30年还是没有得到任何的改善。再者随着时间的流逝， 我们身体内所产生的酶也跟着降低或减少。身体需要酶来化解和排除西药， 如 cytochrome P450 酶系统 。当酶的产量减少了，化解西药的速度也跟着降低，多种 疾病跟随而来。为了要治疗更多的疾病，医生不得不配更多的西药，如此一来身体越来越衰弱， 难以康复。肝脏也将崩溃 导致死亡。 通常西药所产生的副作用是不会公布的，除非你自己去掘发资料。 再者西医本身也很可能不懂药物的副作用。既然西药有无数的副作用，我们必须从天然植物中寻找可被身体所接纳的营养来治疗病症。该营养就是细胞营养。随着时代的进步，耕种的方法也改了。人们为了赚钱不再注重营养和素质而是量。因此除了日常要进食蔬菜和水果，我们还是要服用恰当的天然补助品。 Dr. Ray Strad 在其书 “生物营养“（“Bionutrition”）中说服用良好品质的补助品对人们的健康有很大的帮助。最好的天然营养是从植物中所提取的。 Dr. Brain R. Clement, Hippocrates Health Institute的主任在其书, “ 揭发 补助品的真像“（“Supplements Exposed”）说；很多市场所卖的补助品多数是化学合成品而不是天然的补助品。它们将会产生不良的后果。 虽然人们已能傲游太空，但可悲的是，我们对许多植物的神奇化学物却不知或一无所知。至到今天科学家还正在研究和寻找神奇的植物化学物功效。但我们却等不了，因为森林的破坏 再加上发展的快速，许多有价值的植物可能已被毁灭而绝种了。这是人类的悲哀！在这个时刻， 我们必须知道植物的价值和可贵，尤其是对人类健康有所帮助，才能确保植物的存在！ 非营利组织的一个网站-口腔癌症基金会 发表了一篇文章“也许癌症的治疗物正在你的雪柜中存藏着“ （maybe the cure for cancer is sitting in your refrigerator) - http://www.oralcancerfoundation.org/facts/nutrition.htm 在该文章中它提到植物的营养，植物的化学物（phytochemical) 和矿物资对健康有很大的帮助， 你不妨游览或许你能从中获益不浅。 下一章我们来看看植物对健康有何帮助。

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What are the free radicals ? As stated if a molecule losses one of its electron, then that molecule will become a free radical and it will tend to snatch another electron from the neighbouring molecule so as to stabilise itself. The free radical is denotes by a dot at the atom or molecule such as Cl- which is a chlorine free radical or HO• which is a hydroxyl radical. Hydroxyl radical is very reactive as it takes one billionth of a second to react with the neighbouring molecules thereby causing immense damage to the other body's cells which at the end will lead to diseases such as cancer, Parkinson's disease,aging, cataracts, Alzheimer's disease, stroke, heart attack etc. How to neutralize the effect of free radicals ? To neutralise the effect of free radicals then there are many compounds that are able to donate an electron to the free radicals and convert themselves to harmless molecules. These substances are known as antioxidants! They intercept free radicals and protect cells from oxidative damage that can lead to blockage of blood vessels, Alzheimer's disease etc. Some of the antioxidants are generated by our bodies and some have to be obtained from food. Further as we aged, the ability of our bodies to produce such antioxidants also reduces hence it is necessary to take in health supplements to increase the antioxidants capacity of our bodies. Though we may obtain some from the nuts and vegetables however due to the method of cultivation and the use of fertilizers the effective nutrients obtainable are far from satisfactory. Some of the antioxidants are glutathione, co-enzyme Q-10, lipoic acid, Vitamin C, E, Selenium. Recent studies also reveal that plants chemical or botanicals chemicals are in fact powerful source of antioxidants and we called such substance as phytochemicals. Dr. Brian R. Clement PhD who is the Director of Hippocrates Health Institute, Florida in his book entitled “Supplements Exposed” stated that the best supplements come from the extract of plants and not those of synthetics which made from chemicals as the same are inorganic and not bioavailable ! As antioxidants are substances that donate electron to the free radicals which in turn become harmless molecules. Thus from the Chinese medicals point of view are not these substances are in fact providing positive energy to the body so as to balance the positive and negative energy bearing in mind that free radicals are with odd number of electrons and are negative energy ! Chinese in ancient day used herb to neutralize the effect of negative energy and herbs contain phytochemicals and trace minerals which are powerful antioxidants. Thus it would not be wrong to say that antioxidants can be considered as positive energy which are capable of donating electrons to the free radicals to balance the positive and negative energy in the body or yin and yang in the body. Plants based antioxidants are more readily be absorbed by our bodies rather than the synthetic ones and hence the term bioavailability is often used to described the readiness of nutrients being absorbed by our bodies and this is more often than not associated with plants based nutrients.

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什么是游离子？ 我曾经说过当一个分子(molecule) 失去一粒电子时，它就变成游离子。游离子 很活跃，它的破坏力也相当快速和强烈。为了平衡自己，为了找回一粒电子，它就会从附近的细胞夺取点子，而造成严重的破坏。通常游离子是 以 一个点在分子旁边为符号，比如氯游离子Cl-， 氢氧(hydroxyl) 游离子 是 HO• 。 HO• 是非常的活跃， 它能以十亿分之秒的时速攻击附近的细胞而造成严重性的破坏 导致癌症，泊金森，老化，白内障，老人痴呆症， 中风，心脏病等等的形成。 如何中和游离子的影响？ 有许多的混合物 能提供给电子于游离子而把自己便成无害的分子。这些混合物我们称他们为抗氧化物剂。他们截住了游离子从而保护细胞被氧化的后果。他们保护细胞不会被氧化，他们可帮助减低血管被阻塞的危机，老人痴呆症的形成等等。我们的身体能制造一些抗氧化物剂 担有一些必须从食物中摄取。当我们随着年龄的增长，身体能制造的抗氧化物剂也跟着减少。因此我们必须服用辅助品来增进我们身体的抗养能力。虽然我们可以从食物中摄取抗氧化物剂 但随着商业化的耕种 和滥用化学肥的后果，可摄取的营养也大大的减少。我们所需要的抗氧化物剂 如维生素 C, E, 谷光甘肽, 硒， 辅酶10，疏辛酸 等等。最近的科学研究发现到植物中的化学混合物是最强的抗氧化物剂 (phytochemicals)。Dr. Brian R. clement PhD 在其书中 “Supplements Exposed“ 说:”最好的保健朴助品是来自植物而不是用化学原料加工而究制成的产品。” 他也说，人工制造保健朴助品虽然形状相像，但却没有天然的礼品的功效反而可能危害了我们的健康！ 抗氧化物剂提供给游离子一粒点子而把自己便成无害的分子。游离子是含负电子，而抗氧化物剂却能供给电子于游离子而使它变成不含负电子。 如此看来抗氧化物剂能中和游离子的电子 而令 正电和负电平衡。从中医的角度来看，那不是阴阳调和吗？中医用草药来治病，而草药却富含植物的抗氧化物剂 和微矿物元素，这不是中医一路来 用草药来祛寒气而达到阴阳调和的吗？ 植物中所提炼的抗氧化物剂很容易被身体摄取。因此我们必须常常服用植物中所提取的抗氧化物剂。

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Let us see what the governmental authorities said about free radicals:- “Oxidative stress has been associated with the development of many chronic diseases, including cancer and heart disease. The human body has developed a very delicate system, although not 100% effective, to eliminate free radicals from the body. … Oxidative stress results from free radicals produced during the normal metabolism of oxygen as well as from external sources.” USDA Quote (.gov) In the U.S., long-term nutritional deficiencies and free radicals cause eight times more degenerative disease deaths than all other causes of death combined. Literally hundreds of thousands of people each year in the U.S. die of a degenerative disease. Degenerative diseases are not curable, but degenerative for most people are preventable, for others at least stoppable, and for some people reversible.   Degenerative Diseases Death Rate (.gov)