Permaculturist Health

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Intel ISEF alumna headed to Capitol Hill | Society for Science & the Public
https://www.societyforscience.org/content/ssp-blog/intel-isef-alumna-headed-capitol-hill

From Alexandria's research this valuable information:

"When organisms are under oxidative stress, there are more free radicals (chemicals with unpaired electrons) than antioxidants in the body to neutralize them. Those free radicals react quickly with many other chemicals, and without antioxidants to neutralize them, create cellular chaos. Such an unstable cellular environment has been hypothesized to be responsible for wrinkles, neurological diseases and even cancer.

Alexandria chose compounds with the highest cited number of antioxidant capabilities and observed how they impacted longevity of the roundworms. In some cases, lifespan was prolonged for as many as 33 days, almost doubling the nematode’s normal lifespan. Her findings indicated that antioxidants could potentially help prevent degenerative illnesses induced by oxidative stress."

The total antioxidant content of more than 3100 foods, beverages, spices, herbs and supplements used worldwide

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2841576/