A fundamental key to staying young is cellular renewal and minimizing the damage to cells over time.  TrueBloom raw, whole-food nutrients are specifically formulated to address cellular renewal and minimize free radical damage to cells. Vitalize, our flagship nutritional supplement has a broad range of antioxidants from organic fruits and herbs that will not only protect and fortify your body against free radicals but provide your body with essential nourishment to energize you and promote anti-aging from your skin to your heart.

What does oxidation have to do with aging?
We all age. Some of us age better than others. Why? Current science has linked a theory called oxidative stress to aging. Let’s first understand the principle of oxidation. The basic concept of oxidation is when oxygen is combined with another element. For example, when our blood is oxidized it brings oxygen to our tissues to keep them alive.

The process of oxidation is prolific and can help our bodies work properly but this very same process can also cause us harm. A good example outside our bodies is if we were to cut an apple in half and squeeze lemon juice on one half. Over time, the half without lemon juice browns and shrivels. The same can be thought of how oxidation affects our bodies. The oxidizing process creates electrically charged molecules called free radicals. These free radicals can interact with our cells to create both good and bad results. For instance our immune system uses the free radicals to help fight infection. On the downside, when oxidized bad or LDL cholesterol sticks to our arteries it clogs them.

Oxidative stress is when the free radicals overwhelm our body’s antioxidant defenses causing damage in our cells. Although free radicals have useful functions in the body, free radicals are extremely unstable molecules. If left uncontrolled, they can destroy cellular membranes, enzymes and DNA—ultimately accelerate aging and contribute to the development of many disease including arthritis, cancer and heart disease.

So, that brings us back to aging. Aging now can be simply understood as the breakdown of cells. E.R. Stadtman, a NIH researcher on aging, explains: Aging is a disease. The human life span simply reflects the level of free radical oxidative damage that accumulates in cells. When enough damage accumulates, cells can't survive anymore and they just give up.  What combats this aging process?