Superoxide Dismutase: Boosting your immunity and vitality

Superoxide dismutase (SOD) is the body’s most powerful antioxidant enzyme that can be found both inside and outside cell membranes. Due to its antioxidant properties, SOD can reduce oxidative stress in the body, preventing damages to our tissues.

There are many uses for SOD, including improving the condition of arthritis, treating pain caused by sports injuries, preventing free radical damage to our skin, and more.

Let’s take a closer look at the benefits of SOD and how it can improve our immunity and overall health.

Powerful antioxidant properties

Free radicals are molecules that damage cells in our bodies. It reacts with other molecules, causing oxidation to happen—leading to various health issues like deterioration to the eye lens, joint inflammation, high blood pressure, and increased risk of heart diseases. Other negative effects of free radicals are accelerated ageing and cancer.

In order to combat oxidation, we need to stabilize free radicals with antioxidants. SOD catalyzes superoxide, one of the most dangerous free radicals, and converts it into smaller molecules that won’t damage our cells.

Treatment for arthritis

Inflammation is the underlying cause of many diseases, including osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. Research shows that there is a connection between low levels of SOD and the early stages of osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis.¹

Osteoarthritis, the most common form of arthritis, occurs when the protective cartilage in our joints wears down over time and from repeated use. Rheumatoid arthritis, on the other hand, is a systemic autoimmune disease that happens when the immune system attacks the body’s healthy tissues.

Chronic inflammation can occur in our healthy joints causing pain and can affect our mobility. By administering a shot of SOD, which can also serve as an anti-inflammatory agent, you can alleviate the pain for those suffering from arthritis.

Anti-ageing effects

The accumulation of oxidative damage caused by free radicals is one of the key mechanisms of ageing. Due to its strong antioxidant properties, SOD can be used to reduce free radical damage to the skin. When used in cosmetics and personal care products, it can reduce wrinkles, fine lines and age spots.

Anti-cancer effects

Studies have shown the critical role of oxidative stress in carcinogenesis, leading to cancer initiation and progression in our bodies. Oxidative stress can lead to an increase of DNA mutations or induce DNA damage, genome instability, and cell proliferation.² SOD can help reduce oxidative stress in our bodies and may help regulate cancer progression.

Prevent Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease

Another irreversible damage that can be caused by superoxide anions is the development of neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. Patients suffering from Alzheimer’s disease have low levels of antioxidant enzymes such as SOD, catalase, and glutathione peroxidase.² SOD can help prevent cell and tissue damage to the brain.

Beneficial against diabetes

Diabetes can cause hyperglycemia, which occurs when there is a high level of sugar in the blood. Hyperglycemia can lead to weakened antioxidant defenses and increased oxidative stress. The overproduction of oxygen reactive species (ROS) then leads to the accumulation of glucose and increased production of advanced glycation end products (AGEs) that are implicated in ageing and the development of degenerative diseases. Diabetes causes serious irreversible damage to the nerves and blood vessels. SOD can help increase the body’s antioxidant defenses, reduce ROS, and overcome oxidative stress to prevent diabetes.

As we age, natural SOD levels in our bodies drop and we become more prone to oxidative stress-related diseases. In order to boost up our immune system and improve our overall health, especially in this pandemic, we need to make sure that our SOD is at a healthy level. However high body temperature, harmful bacteria, and harsh chemical conditions within our bodies can destroy SOD, making it unusable.

Asodi contains patented ingredients like melon extract, rose petal extract, and fermented soybean extract as well as green tea extract, green coffee extract, and barley leaf which can help enhance body functions and improve immunity. Its specific functions include supplementing SOD, fighting oxidative stress, combating metabolic syndrome, reducing AGEs, among others.

With a glass of Asodi every day, you can start improving your immunity and taking care of your health.

References:

1. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0203944
2. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2990475/