ReviewFrontiers in nutrition2024
Oxidative stress and food as medicine.
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- The Role of Mitochondria in Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Implications for the Upper Airway Muscles.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- The Role of Diet and Nutrition in Cancer Development and Management: From Molecular Mechanisms to Personalized Interventions.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Crosstalk Between Antioxidants and Adipogenesis: Mechanistic Pathways and Their Roles in Metabolic Health.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Effects of Animal-Based and Plant-Based Nitrates and Nitrites on Human Health: Beyond Nitric Oxide Production.Biomolecules · 2025Review
- Heat shock protein 90α may serve as a biomarker for mild cognitive impairment in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients without diabetic nephropathy.Frontiers in immunology · 2025Article
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Abstract
There has been a sea of change in our understanding of the contribution of food to both our well-being and disease states. When one addresses "food as medicine," the concept of oxidative stress needs to be included. This review interconnects the basic science findings of oxidative stress and redox balance with the medicinal use of food, emphasizing optimization of the redox balance. To better illustrate the impacts of oxidative stress, the concept of the "triple oxidant sink" is introduced as a theoretical gauge of redox balance. Utilizing the concept, the true importance of dietary and lifestyle factors can be emphasized, including the limitations of supplements or a handful of "superfoods," if the remainder of the factors are pro-oxidant. The effects of a whole plant food diet compared with those of dietary supplements, processed foods, animal based nutrients, or additional lifestyle factors can be visually demonstrated with this concept. This paper provides an overview of the process, acknowledging that food is not the only mechanism for balancing the redox status, but one that can be strategically used to dramatically improve the oxidative state, and thus should be used as medicine.
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