NEW UPDATE: ONLY 4 MG OF THIS MAY HELP YOU MAINTAIN YOUTHFULNESS

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NEW UPDATE: ONLY 4 MG OF THIS MAY HELP YOU MAINTAIN YOUTHFULNESS

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Date: Thursday, 10-May-2012 01:29:59

New Update: Only 4 mg of This May Help You Maintain Youthfulness By Dr. Mercola Even if you've never heard of astaxanthin, a carotenoid derived from the microalgae Haematoccous pluvialis, you've surely seen it. This is the compound that makes salmon, crabs, lobsters, shrimp and flamingos, which eat the algae, red or pink. It also happens to be emerging as one of the world's most powerful antioxidants, with diverse health benefits that run the gamut from protection against oxidative stress to slowing age-related functional decline. In fact, while astaxanthin is most often revered for its antioxidant potential, an article in Alternative Medicine Review recently highlighted its unique anti-aging potential as well. What Makes Astaxanthin Such a Potent Antioxidant? Antioxidants are crucial to your health, as they are believed to help control how fast you age by combating free radicals, which are at the heart of age-related cellular deterioration. Free radicals are generated in response to environmental toxins, such as cigarette smoke, chemicals, sunlight, cosmic and manmade radiation, and are even a key byproduct of ingesting and detoxifying pharmaceutical drugs. Free radicals are also produced as a result of normal metabolic processes in your body, but can rise to harmful levels when you have abnormally high inflammation or when you exercise intensely. A free radical is a highly reactive molecule missing one or more electrons—it has at least one unpaired electron. These "partial molecules" aggressively look to replace their missing parts by attacking other molecules. This continual search by free radicals for missing electons is largely responsible for the process of biological oxidation. Lipids in cell membranes are quite prone to oxidative damage because these are often the first biomolecules free radicals come into contact with, resulting in "lipid peroxidation," i.e. rancidity. When a cell membrane becomes oxidized, it becomes brittle and leaky. Eventually, the cell falls apart and dies. While by definition any antioxidant is capable of inhibiting the oxidation of another molecule by sacrificing their own electrons to quell free radicals, without becoming free radicals themselves, astaxanthin exerts a unique protective action on the cell membranes. READ THE FULL ARTICLE AT THIS LINK: http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2012/05/10/astaxanthin-important-key-to-slowing-agerelated-functional-declines.aspx?e_cid=20120510_DNL_art_1