10 Benefits of Sage
Benefit #3: Antioxidant
Chronic conditions and degenerative disease can be very difficult to manage. Not only for the individual, but for the families involved as well. Numerous studies have linked the cause of many disease to the presence of free radicals. Free radicals are the dangerous by-products of cellular metabolism that attack healthy cells, causing apoptosis or mutation. Free radicals are dangerous because due to their unfilled valence electron shell, they scavenge the body for electrons.
According to a study in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, the antioxidant compounds found in sage, such as rosmarinic acid, luteolin, and apigenin, can work to neutralize free radicals and prevent them from creating oxidative stress in the heart, organ systems, skin, joints, muscles, and even the brain.
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