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Thursday, February 12, 2009

Research Shows Eating is Stressful to the Body

By Dr. Jerimiah Crossderd

The process of eating foods regardless of how enjoyable the meal is, creates stress on the body-The stress occurs as the body begins to digest the foods and creates what is called oxidation stress. As the digestion process occurs in our bodies, harmful molecules are released known as free radicals.

Research has found that foods that are rich in antioxidants like the acai fruit berry can assist in fending off free radicals. The ARS (Agricultural Research Service) state people eat at least some kind of anti-oxidant rich food at every meal.

A recent study was conducted to learn more about the effects of antioxidants on after meal, oxidation stress by using clinical studies with healthy female volunteers.

Research showed that the woman's blood plasma declined after eating meals lacking antioxidants. When the meals were prepared with antioxidant rich in acai berry, the blood plasma stayed the same.

Research found that eating meals that don't have antioxidants leads to cellular damage caused by free radicals. Free radical damage is theorized to be the cause of cancer, and other types of diseases.

The research was part of a larger study that was conducted to find out how the human body consumed antioxidants in cherries, dried plums, red grapes, aside very, strawberries, and wild berries.

Scientist used a method known as ORAC (oxygen radical absorbent capacity) to look into the fruits and their antioxidant concentration and effectiveness.

The US government currently has no guidelines on the amount of antioxidants the human body should have to fight and rid itself of these harmful free radical damage.

The findings were published in the 2007 Journal of the American College of Nutrition. - 17273

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