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Health & healing

2. Which are the best and most absorbency capacity.’ It is a use our critical faculties? It is

effective Antioxidants that I unit of measure to determine because the science of testing
must deliver to my cells? the antioxidant capacity of a food for ORAC values will be
particular food. The higher the concentrated in the Northern
ORAC unit value, the more hemisphere. You will therefore
Traditional man understood the antioxidants a food will have. not find foods like Kanyũria,
above instinctively and lived Antioxidants neutralize free Mrenda, thoroko, ndũma
on a diet rich in antioxidants radicals and therefore play a role etc in the table. I therefore
call upon you at the Gĩkũyũ
and free from toxins. in overall long-term health. Documentation Centre to go

As explained in the post, beyond the Jean Carper table
The road to cancer is paved “The truth about cancer”, WE and make a table of your own.
with Free Radicals, those dirty EAT THE SUN. This means
guys who are by-products of that mere use of your critical One sure tell tale factor of high
the oxidative process that drive faculties can point to you ORAC value in a food is how it
cell metabolism. Oxidative the foods with high ORAC makes you suddenly alive and
stress comes about by having values. Why do I say that we vibrant. Gũcanjamũka.
too many toxins that drive the
oxidative process into overdrive
and in not having enough
Antioxidants that counter the
oxidative stress. Free Radicals
are responsible for the DNA
damage that is the beginning
of improper cell replication the
proliferation of which are called
cancer cells.

The strategy set out was:

Increase the amount of
Antioxidants in your food.

These will help reduce oxidative
stress and also reduce the free
radical damage

Decrease the level of toxins
that arrive at the cells as these
encourage the development of
Free Radicals.

To deal with the first one I was
asked to provide a list of foods
with the highest antioxidants.
Scientists have developed a
measure they call ORAC units. Mũhika na ihu – A traditional Gĩkũyũ source of
ORAC stands for ‘oxygen radical
powerful antioxidants

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