Antioxidants!
Published August 16, 2011 | 
Antioxidants!
Over the past 16 years I have had the opportunity to thoroughly observe the behavior in the natural habitat of such a human being as a bodybuilder. Many might think that this kind behaves like the rest of the Homo sapiens, but it’s not so – my observations show that the bodybuilder takes habits, which greatly differ from vulgaris citizen.
Here’s an example: antioxidants have become very popular among many enthusiasts of healthy lifestyle (the so-called athletes). Literally millions and millions of Americans daily consume a variety of antioxidant drugs. However, bodybuilders, for the most part, have decided that if antioxidants are good for the non-bodybuilders, then for weight athletes they represent no interest and pushed them to the back of their attention, together with Aloe vera and seaweed.
However, there is nothing further from truth – strong antioxidants are actually real bodybuilder’s drugs. Here’s why: intense weight trainings cause microtrauma in the muscle tissues, which, in turn, raises a number of metabolic processes, which often lead to an increase in volume and muscle strength. Now think – are you sure that the exercises are affecting the muscle fibers? But perhaps the impact is not only on muscles but also on many other systems of our body? (Come on, think a little – I’ll wait … Well? Any ideas?)
The truth is that the increased physical activity is affecting all our body as a whole, not only the muscles! And fortunately, the use of powerful antioxidants can partially solve this problem – they minimize the amount of free radicals, which remain in our body after the exercises and damage the tissues. I am sure that proper use of antioxidants can improve the recovery time and reduce pain in the muscles after the training, lower fatigue, strengthen the immune system, and (in perspective) obtain better results in less time.
What are antioxidants?
Antioxidants are a class of chemicals that attack the substances, known as “free radicals” and pro-oxidants. These aggressive molecules circulate in our body, disrupting the function of the cells and other molecules moving in the bloodstream. To put it in technical terms, free radicals are the molecules that lack electrons necessary for stability. They indiscriminately kill the cells, destroy enzymes and produce toxic substances that destroy the cell membranes. It is believed that free radicals are implicated in many diseases, including the cancer, and participate in the processes of aging. Other diseases that may involve free radicals, including the Alzheimer’s disease, are immune deficiency, arthritis, diabetes, diseases of the cardiovascular system and many others.
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