Understanding Oxidative Stress

Oxidative stress is caused by an imbalance between the production of reactive oxygen and a biological system's ability to readily detoxify the reactive intermediates or easily repair the resulting damage. It is also involved in aging and chronic diseases such as atherosclerosis, Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease.

Normally free radicals are present in our system and even the healthiest person has it. It is usually kept wrap under in the body where they cannot cause harm to the body but when it exist in the body in excess then the harmful condition known as oxidative stress occurs.
Free radicals may take over your body in two ways; one is that you are exposed on abundance of them due to environmental pollutants and toxins like cigarette smoke, alcohol, air pollution and radiation, and the other one is that your body is lacking of health compounds like antioxidants that fights free radicals.

In one of the free newsletter issues of SIXWISE.COM Health and Wellness here are some tips on how to fight free radicals:

1. Eat an antioxidant-rich diet.
   Anti-oxidants help prevent oxidation. And eating healthy diet life fruits, vegetables and nuts and other anti-oxidant foods is helpful.


2. Exercise sensibly.
   Exercise enhances the body's ability to handle stress more than it harms the body through stress.


3. Consider chiropractic wellness care.
   Chiropractic care appears to improve the ability of the body to adapt to stress.


4. Take time to relax.
   A stressful, anxiety-filled daily routine will wear you down, no matter how healthy your lifestyle