The term "antioxidants" refers to substances that prevent or slow down an oxidization process.
Breathing is an example of an oxidization process. The oxygen that is absorbed into the lungs spreads through every cell in the body. This ensures that food is processed and dissolved to supply energy. Hence oxidization is a vital process in keeping human beings alive. However, this same oxidization process has a totally negative effect if oxygen becomes overactive in the human body.
In activated form (in other words overactive), oxygen causes harmful processes. Our surroundings (our living environment) contain many harmful substances such as exhaust fumes, industrial emissions, agriculture and chemical substances used in food preparation etc. These substances are in most cases oxidized or cause oxidization, in other words oxygen compounds. Generally speaking, oxygen is stable in its various compounds, but loses its stability in the human body and becomes highly active. If there is an excess of this highly-active form, it forms compounds with and destroys everything in its path.
The smallest unit of the human body is the cell. This is surrounded by a membrane that contains unsaturated fatty acids (comparable to our salad oil). The active (aggressive) oxygen oxidizes unsaturated fatty acids, causing malfunctioning of the cell membrane with the resulting harmful effect on the human body. The actual oxidization is the chemical process whereby a molecule gives off electrons and thus becomes unstable.
If there is too much active oxygen present, the unsaturated fatty acids in the cell membrane give off electrons and combine with the oxygen. But if there are antioxidants present, the cell membrane will give off the electrons of the activated oxygen onto the unsaturated fatty acids that are in the oxidization process, thus stabilizing the situation.
If there are sufficient antioxidants at hand, no (harmful) oxidization will take place. The anti-oxidants give off electrons to the activated oxygen and to other molecules that have lost electrons and have become unstable. These create a stable balance and guarantee the body's health.
As we stated earlier, our modern way of life is leading to a sharp increase in oxidants, which is why antioxidants are becoming more and more important. The most important antioxidants in EM-X are:
- ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL
- FLAVONOIDE
- GAMMA-ORYZANOLU
- UBICHINON and LYKOPIN.
EM-X also includes various supplementary bio-active components and minerals. |
