This process is exacerbated by smoking, pollution, exposure to UV or ionizing radiation, eating fried foods or those cooked at high temperatures, as well as engaging in high-intensity exercise (12)
Meca G, Sospedra I, Valero MA, Maes J, Font G, Ruiz MJ
These include (1) decreased availability of amino acids (malnutrition, maldigestion, and malabsorption), (2) catabolic states (hyperthyroidism, Cushings syndrome, burns, postsurgery recovery), (3) protein-losing states (nephrotic syndrome and protein-losing enteropathy), (4) actions of cytokines (decrease in transport proteins such as albumin, transferrin, and lipoproteins, but increase in inflammatory response modifiers such as 1 -antitrypsin, ceruloplasmin, and 2 -macroglobulin), (5) action of hormones (such as growth hormone, cortisol, estrogen, androgens, and thyroid hormones) to increase or decrease production of specific proteins, and (6) congenital deficiency states (Wilsons disease and 1 -antitrypsin deficiency)
Our traditional carbohydrate-heavy diets, combined with urban stress, create high levels of free radical damage that regular antioxidants simply cannot keep up with
