& SUPER OXIDE DISMUTASE (S.O.D.)

When our body is invaded by foreign substances such as viruses, food additives, agricultural chemicals, alcohol, tobacco smoke, ultraviolet rays, synthetic materials and stress factors, our immune system reacts according to expel this invasive substances. The white blood cells and phagocytes in our blood system will surround these invasive substances and at the same time, produce activated oxygen that are capable of dissolving and expel them out of the system.

The very oxygen that we breathe and cannot live without can become one of our worst enemies. Some oxidation action is necessary for support of a healthy life. However excessive production of activated oxygen is damaging and destructive to our body. Excess activated oxygen, often also termed as "free radicals" or "violent oxygen", will start to destroy healthy cells in any organs and parts of our body. Four destructive forms of oxygen have been identified: oxygen singlet, hydrogen peroxide, hydroxyl radical and superoxide radical, which is the most common.

Free radicals or violent oxygen "attack" the cells and tissues of our internal organs, convert fats (lipids) into harmful peroxide lipids. But, mother nature is great! Our body is equipped with a mechanism to produce another substance that are capable of controlling the violent activities of free radicals. These are called antioxidants.

SUPER-OXIDE-DISMUTASE [ S.O.D. ] is one of the most common antioxidant, a form of physioactivated oxygen which is created naturally in the human body. It is an enzyme that has the capability of removing excess activated oxygen or free radicals. Besides its antioxidant properties, S.O.D. is also able to improve blood circulation, moisturize the skin and promote over all better health and beauty.

However, unfortunately the amount of S.O.D. enzyme produced declines sharply as one gets older or being subjected under continuous high stress situation over prolonged period. Free radicals or excess activated oxygen will be accumulated and allow to move freely in the body. This phenomenon will cause many and various types of modern day diseases. In order to compensate for this shortfall of natural S.O.D. enzyme, one can consume S.O.D. of botanical origin in the form of a tea.