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How do the ingredients in Cataplex E supply antioxidant activity?

Animal and human research studies suggest that increasing the consumption of chemicals with antioxidant activity in the daily diet promotes health. Antioxidants are substances that can counteract destabilizing molecules called free radicals that can be generated by the body’s natural processes, such as energy generation or alcohol consumption. Free radicals can also be generated by exposure to environmental factors, like air pollution and tobacco smoke. While free radicals have a role to play in normal function, limiting their ability to swipe an electron from neighboring molecules is supportive of overall health. Cataplex E contains vitamin E and selenium, which protect lipids from being destabilized by free radicals. Selenium is also supportive of selenium-containing enzymes called glutathione peroxidases that help transform some free radicals into harmless water and oxygen molecules. Glutathione peroxidase activity has been reported to decrease with age in women.

How does Cataplex E support healthy thyroid function?

Selenium is essential for the production of several selenium-dependent enzymes called selenoproteins, a family of proteins that have roles in a variety of cell processes, including immune system function and thyroid function.