. . . with antioxidants Want to never get Parkinson’s Disease? Avoid pesticides! Many studies have shown a connection between pesticides and brain damage. Because it’s impossible to avoid all pesticides (some even make their way into organic produce), the best way to protect yourself is by minimizing your exposure where you can and then getting plenty of antioxidants, like vitamins C and E and curcumin. Diazinon is a common organophosphorus pesticide. Like other pesticides, it damages the brain and nervous system with free radicals causing lipid peroxidation (fats in cell membranes become oxidized, or “rusted”). It has been linked with Parkinson’s Disease and other neurological problems. A 2012 study found that exposing rats to diazinon caused this kind of free radical damage to their brains. But rats who were protected with vitamin C and vitamin E had reduced levels of lipid peroxidation damage and their antioxidant status actually improved. In a later study, curcumin and vitamin E minimized oxidative damage to the liver and red blood cells of rats exposed to diazinon. We live in a toxic world, and most of us are in toxic overload. Because many toxins do their damage through free radical oxidation, antioxidants are our best defense against this. It’s wise to take an array of different antioxidants. Antioxidants from Beyond Health include vitamin C, vitamin E, vitamin D, Thiodox (glutathione precursors), curcumin, Cell Detox Formula, Age Defense, Carotene Formula, CoQ10, and the minerals manganese, selenium and zinc found in our Multi and in Bone Support.

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