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SAVE YOUR LIVER:
Vital Nutrients Your Liver MUST Have
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ANTIOXIDANTS, FREE RADICALS
& YOUR LIVER



WHAT ARE FREE RADICALS?


Free radicals are explained in the book "Prescription for Natural Healing", by
James Balch
as follows: "A free radical is an atom or group of atoms that contains at least
one unpaired
electron. Electrons are negatively charged particles that usually occur in
pairs, forming a
chemically stable arrangement. If an electron is unpaired, another atom or
molecule can
easily bond with it, causing a chemical reaction. Because they join so readily
with other
compounds, free radicals can effect dramatic changes within the body, and they
can cause
a lot of damage...
The presence of a dangerous number of free radicals can alter the way in which
the cells
code genetic material. Changes in protein structure can occur as a result of
errors in
protein synthesis. The body's immune system may then see this altered protein as
a
foreign substance and then destroy it. The formation of mutated proteins can
eventually
damage the immune system and then lead to cancer and other diseases.
In addition to damaging genetic material, free radicals can destroy the
protective cell
membranes.


WHAT ARE ANTIOXIDANTS?
By destroying free radicals, antioxidants help to detoxify and protect the body.
We can
minimize free radical damage by taking supplements of key nutrients. There is a
group of
vitamins, minerals and enzymes that are classified as antioxidants.
Antioxidants can be obtained from food sources such as fresh fruits and
vegetables, it is
difficult to get enough of them to be effective in protecting against the
cellular damage
caused by a virus such as hepatitis.

Since antioxidants protect against cellular damage it is no wonder they are used
in health
regimens prescribed for hepatitis, since hepatitis can do massive free radical
damage to
the liver!



WHAT ROLE DO ANTIOXIDANTS PLAY IN THE TREATMENT OF HCV?

A US study confirmed that oxidative stress (from free radical damage) occurs in
patients
with chronic hepatitis and that the levels of the free radicals correlated with
the activity of
the hepatitis.

There are clinical studies from Italy that suggest that glutathione, a very
important liver
antioxidant, influences hepatitis C in the following ways:
* impairs the replication of HCV
* improvement in liver enzyme levels
* improve liver cell damage
* make interferon anti-viral therapy more
effective
(To see a more detailed description of these clinical studies please see
www.thione.com)
The information provided by some clinical studies done in Spain and Italy
suggest that
there is an important relationship between antioxidants and chronic liver
disease,
specifically hepatitis C.

Many sources believe that antioxidants are important in the management of
patients with
viral hepatitis, particularly hepatitis C.

Taking a look at the treatment programs used by "survivors" of HCV (Naomi Judd,
among
many others) one will see that antioxidants were invariably used in their health
regimens.
Antioxidant supplements are believed by many to protect against the free
radicals
generated by the hepatitis C virus.

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hepatitis C, along
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supplements, any clinical studies or research about them, food sources of
certain
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