What Is Oxidative Stress and Why You Should Care About It?
Jersey City, NJ (PRWEB) November 19, 2013 -- Fluitec Consumer Products, a part of Fluitec International, is in final preparation for the launch later this month of TestME™, a fast, reliable and easy to use in-home test that measures the level of Free Radical-induced Oxidative Stress in the body.
Why should you care about Oxidative Stress? Understanding, measuring and monitoring one's oxidative stress levels gives individuals an opportunity to establish a base line and develop a program that can help with their overall health management.
Why should you care about Oxidative Stress?
“The study of oxidative degradation, relationship to antioxidants, and application of this knowledge are our passions and cornerstones of the TestME™ Antioxidant Balance kit and program. Oxidative stress is just another way of saying oxidative degradation or "damage". Oxidation is a chemical reaction which occurs naturally and can be observed directly in everyday life," says Brian Thompson, Executive Vice President at Fluitec International, the parent company of Fluitec Consumer Products. “Oxidative stress is just another way of saying oxidation, oxidative degradation or oxidative damage."
Oxidation is a naturally occurring and complex series of chemical reactions. The end results of these reactions and side reactions can be observed directly in one’s everyday life. Familiar examples of this process include what happens when someone bites into an apple and then lets it sit exposed to sunlight.
A good example of this process happens when someone bites into an apple and then lets it sit exposed to air. The result is that it slowly turns brown, brought on by oxidation. These outcomes, the darkening of fruit or development of rust are not so different than what happens inside of our bodies when there is an imbalance between our defense system, aka "Antioxidants" and the attackers …" Free Radicals". Free radicals are reactive molecules and can be thought of in two categories; good and bad. The "good" free radicals are essential to drive certain metabolic processes and are essential for living organisms.
The “bad" free radicals which are those in excess of what the body needs for metabolic and biological functions cause damage including oxidation of our fat cells (lipids). The excess of free radicals may result from environmental, lifestyle and genetic factors and the damage occurs when the body’s defense system which includes antioxidant reserves is insufficient. Oxidative Stress is widely studied in humans and has been linked with ageing and serious medical conditions including cardiovascular disease, Alzheimer’s and cancer.
The TestME™ Kit is based on the concentration of Malondialdehyde (MDA) as a proven, valid biomarker to indicate Oxidative Stress. TestME™ determines the amount of MDA and other aldehydes in urine. Results are expressed in the test sample’s color. Consumers can purchase the product directly from http://www.testmekit.com.
About Fluitec Consumer Products
Fluitec Consumer products was formed with the charter to identify, analyze and pursue viable commercial opportunities in markets not historically engaged by Fluitec capitalizing on Fluitec's wealth of experience, depth of knowledge and unparalleled reputation for providing the highest level of service and quality products.
About Fluitec International
Fluitec, based in Jersey City, New Jersey is a privately-held company. It provides customers in over 50 countries leading edge technologies and knowledge to realize optimum reliability and sustainability of their lubricating assets. In 2010, Fluitec received an award for the "Most Promising Innovation" from Cleantech in New York City. Fluitec has developed several technologies to decrease operation and maintenance costs of rotating equipment. Fluitec Wind's Analytics platform uses big-data technologies to slash O&M costs for wind turbines.
Fluitec examines the cause-effect relationship between stresses on a machine or body and the fluid contained within. Our core competency is the understanding of oxidative stress and the monitoring of antioxidants. Our mission is to be the world leader in data collection, analysis, and mitigation of these stresses. Fluitec values truth, knowledge, long-life, wellness, high performance and individuality in its employees, products and services and delivers these values to our customers.
Fluitec is made up of a team of internationally recognized experts with a track record for delivering innovative solutions. Our expertise centers around increasing the reliability and profitability of manufacturing plants, rotating equipment and transportation industries. We accomplish this by combining our deep knowledge of contamination control and condition monitoring sciences with smart data analytics technologies.
Fluitec's clean technology solutions also deliver environmental benefits to our customers. Most sustainability initiatives require sizeable investments or government support to make them financially justifiable. Fluitec provides high level, rapid return investments that allow our customers to merge economics with sustainability.
Jefferey Cornett, Fluitec International, http://www.fluitec.com, +1 201.946.4584 Ext: 134, [email protected]
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