TREATMENT OF SINUSITIS - ANTIOXIDANT SUPPLEMENTS
Approximately
40 years ago a scientist in Nebraska proposed that excessive oxidative stress
might be associated with accelerated aging.
That scientist, Denham Harman, M.D., introduced what he called the “free
radical theory of aging” and postulated that oxygen free radicals that are
produced as a consequence of normal metabolism could be responsible for the
progressive accumulation of changes associated with the increasing likelihood
of disease. The more this hypothesis has
been researched in subsequent years, the more it has been validated.
When you are healthy and have optimal cellular function, your antioxidant defense systems are available to quench or detoxify damaging oxygen free radicals before they can wreak havoc with the cells, tissues, or organs of the body.
It is only when physiological systems are “toxic,” such as during a serious inflammatory disease like sinusitis, which very high levels of damage occur to the body as a consequence of oxygen free radicals.
Whole food Antioxidants and Sinusitis Disease:
Because free radicals have been implicated in sinusitis, several sources show that sinusitis patients produce more hydrogen peroxide, and superoxide, than normal individuals. Antioxidants should, in principle, be some of the most important supplements used to reduce the risk of oxidation.
Antioxidants, those made in cells or absorbed from the diet, neutralize free radicals and protect cells from oxidative injury. Among the antioxidants found inside cells are enzymes, glutathione, and CoQ10. Dietary antioxidants include vitamins C and E, flavonoids, carotenoids, and organosulfur compounds such as those in garlic. Also important are trace minerals including copper, manganese, selenium and zinc, which are essential for antioxidant-enzyme function.
It is only when physiological systems are “toxic,” such as during a serious inflammatory disease like sinusitis, which very high levels of damage occur to the body as a consequence of oxygen free radicals.
Whole food Antioxidants and Sinusitis Disease:
Because free radicals have been implicated in sinusitis, several sources show that sinusitis patients produce more hydrogen peroxide, and superoxide, than normal individuals. Antioxidants should, in principle, be some of the most important supplements used to reduce the risk of oxidation.
Antioxidants, those made in cells or absorbed from the diet, neutralize free radicals and protect cells from oxidative injury. Among the antioxidants found inside cells are enzymes, glutathione, and CoQ10. Dietary antioxidants include vitamins C and E, flavonoids, carotenoids, and organosulfur compounds such as those in garlic. Also important are trace minerals including copper, manganese, selenium and zinc, which are essential for antioxidant-enzyme function.
Your daily consumption of fruits and vegetables provide you with much of the beneficial antioxidants. Unfortunately, the soils from which our commercial or organic fruits and vegetables come from are most likely depleted, as well as there is no guarantee that the soil has been protected from free radical damage. This is why it is so important to supplement with antioxidant vitamins and antioxidant enzymes.
Antioxidant vitamins and enzymes are some of the most important supplements because of their different abilities to protect proteins, lipids, and DNA, leading to reducing the risk of neuron degeneration and neurotransmitters oxidation.
Why whole foods are the best antioxidant supplements:
Most people take single antioxidant vitamins, such as Vitamins C, E and Beta Carotene. You are far better off using whole food antioxidants to nourish and protect your digestive system and immune system because whole food antioxidants contain the two types of antioxidants - the nutrients and their natural enzymes (man-made supplements do not).
The antioxidant nutrients (such as vitamins A, C, and E) are derived from the diet and have their primary effect while circulating in the blood outside of the cells. The antioxidant enzyme system (super oxide dismutase "SOD", catalase and others found naturally in foods such as glutathione) is produced by the body inside and outside of the cells. This gives the antioxidant enzyme system a much greater advantage in controlling free radicals because free radical production occurs primarily inside the cell.
One of the best antioxidants on the market today is a supplement made from organically grown wheat sprouts, wild micro algae, and red sea algae.
Antioxidant vitamins and enzymes are some of the most important supplements because of their different abilities to protect proteins, lipids, and DNA, leading to reducing the risk of neuron degeneration and neurotransmitters oxidation.
Why whole foods are the best antioxidant supplements:
Most people take single antioxidant vitamins, such as Vitamins C, E and Beta Carotene. You are far better off using whole food antioxidants to nourish and protect your digestive system and immune system because whole food antioxidants contain the two types of antioxidants - the nutrients and their natural enzymes (man-made supplements do not).
The antioxidant nutrients (such as vitamins A, C, and E) are derived from the diet and have their primary effect while circulating in the blood outside of the cells. The antioxidant enzyme system (super oxide dismutase "SOD", catalase and others found naturally in foods such as glutathione) is produced by the body inside and outside of the cells. This gives the antioxidant enzyme system a much greater advantage in controlling free radicals because free radical production occurs primarily inside the cell.
One of the best antioxidants on the market today is a supplement made from organically grown wheat sprouts, wild micro algae, and red sea algae.
The wheat sprouts, wild organic micro algae, and red sea algae whole food antioxidant supplement is the most effective first-line-of-defense against free radicals. It supplies the body and brain with antioxidant nutrients AND natural enzymes. The effectiveness of this product has been proven through 10 years of animal studies at Indiana State University and Wilkes University (contact me if you would like a copy of this research).
Being a whole food supplement, the wheat sprouts and algae not only contain the highest amount of antioxidant enzyme activity available today in any antioxidant supplement, but also contain every single coenzyme factor naturally occurring within the sprouts and algae. This is very important, for as with any nutrient, enzymes do not work alone. The overall synergistic effect of having all of the enzymes together with vitamins and minerals instead of being isolated, as in many man-made antioxidant supplements, is a big reason why each wheat sprouts and algae capsule is able to deliver one million units of total antioxidant enzyme activity!
Another Antioxidant to consider in your nutritional supplementation program:
Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10). The natural main approach for improved treatments of sinusitis has been to prevent mitochondrial oxidative damage by the use of CoQ10.
CoQ10 is a component of the mitochondrial electron transport system and of energy production.
Supplementation with nutrients involved in energy metabolism can reduce the frequency of recurrent migraine headaches that sinusitis patients often suffer from, according to numerous studies. Most of the studies involve the use of CoQ10.
CoQ1O improves energy metabolism. A Swiss double-blind, randomized trial, led by P.S. Sándor, involved 42 migraine patients, randomly assigned to take either CoQ1O (100 mg, three times per day) or a placebo. At the end of three months, 47.6% of those taking C0Q1O experienced a 50% reduction in headache frequency. In comparison, only 14.4% in the placebo group experienced a 50% reduction. In a pediatric study, C0Q1O, as part of a multidisciplinary treatment plan, reduced headache frequency and headache disability in children with low CoQ1O levels. About one-third of the 1550 participants (mean age 13.3 +/- 3.5, range 3 to 22 years) had CoQ1O levels below the reference range; they were prescribed one to three mg/kg of body weight per day of C0Q1O in liquid gel capsule formulation. Among the children who returned to the clinic "for timely follow-up (mean, 97 days)," CoQ1O levels had improved, and headache frequency and disability had decreased.
The antioxidant supplement I recommend has a remarkable combination of organic flaxseed oil providing a rich source of Omega-3 essential fatty acids, wild-crafted micro algae, pomegranate extract, mechanically extracted carotenoids from red beta algae, fennel, rosemary, cinnamon, and ginger.
A summary of the antioxidant supplements I suggest:
* Organic Sprouts and Algae - 90 capsules - $48.00
* Coenzyme Q10 (micro blended with organic micro algae, red beta algae, fennel, rosemary cinnamon and ginger) - 60 capsules - $48.00
• Treatment of Sinusitis - Probiotics and Enzymes
• Treatment of Sinusitis - Vitamins and Minerals
• Sinusitis Health Model
References:Townsend Letter for Doctors, “Migraine Prevention and CoQ10” - November 2007, pg. 40.
Being a whole food supplement, the wheat sprouts and algae not only contain the highest amount of antioxidant enzyme activity available today in any antioxidant supplement, but also contain every single coenzyme factor naturally occurring within the sprouts and algae. This is very important, for as with any nutrient, enzymes do not work alone. The overall synergistic effect of having all of the enzymes together with vitamins and minerals instead of being isolated, as in many man-made antioxidant supplements, is a big reason why each wheat sprouts and algae capsule is able to deliver one million units of total antioxidant enzyme activity!
Another Antioxidant to consider in your nutritional supplementation program:
Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10). The natural main approach for improved treatments of sinusitis has been to prevent mitochondrial oxidative damage by the use of CoQ10.
CoQ10 is a component of the mitochondrial electron transport system and of energy production.
Supplementation with nutrients involved in energy metabolism can reduce the frequency of recurrent migraine headaches that sinusitis patients often suffer from, according to numerous studies. Most of the studies involve the use of CoQ10.
CoQ1O improves energy metabolism. A Swiss double-blind, randomized trial, led by P.S. Sándor, involved 42 migraine patients, randomly assigned to take either CoQ1O (100 mg, three times per day) or a placebo. At the end of three months, 47.6% of those taking C0Q1O experienced a 50% reduction in headache frequency. In comparison, only 14.4% in the placebo group experienced a 50% reduction. In a pediatric study, C0Q1O, as part of a multidisciplinary treatment plan, reduced headache frequency and headache disability in children with low CoQ1O levels. About one-third of the 1550 participants (mean age 13.3 +/- 3.5, range 3 to 22 years) had CoQ1O levels below the reference range; they were prescribed one to three mg/kg of body weight per day of C0Q1O in liquid gel capsule formulation. Among the children who returned to the clinic "for timely follow-up (mean, 97 days)," CoQ1O levels had improved, and headache frequency and disability had decreased.
The antioxidant supplement I recommend has a remarkable combination of organic flaxseed oil providing a rich source of Omega-3 essential fatty acids, wild-crafted micro algae, pomegranate extract, mechanically extracted carotenoids from red beta algae, fennel, rosemary, cinnamon, and ginger.
A summary of the antioxidant supplements I suggest:
* Organic Sprouts and Algae - 90 capsules - $48.00
* Coenzyme Q10 (micro blended with organic micro algae, red beta algae, fennel, rosemary cinnamon and ginger) - 60 capsules - $48.00
• Treatment of Sinusitis - Probiotics and Enzymes
• Treatment of Sinusitis - Vitamins and Minerals
• Sinusitis Health Model
References:Townsend Letter for Doctors, “Migraine Prevention and CoQ10” - November 2007, pg. 40.
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the FDA and are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.
The material on this site is provided for educational and informational purposes only and must not be taken as “medical advice”. The information and directions in these writings, individually and collectively, are in no way to be considered as a substitute for consultations with a duly licensed physician regarding diagnosis and/or treatment of disease and are not intended to diagnose or treat any disease. Please consult with your doctor for this advice.
