15 July 2011

Antioxidants for joint your equine (part 1)

          Antioxidants are important part of your horse's diet and equine joint health. Antioxidants are molecules that inhibit the oxidation of several molecules. Oxidation reactions can produce free radicals. In turn, these radicals may be a primary cause of cell destruction,
inflammatio arthritis for equine joint and degenerative conditions. It also plays a role in diseases associated with aging like cancer, too.

          So most people take antioxidant supplements to help slow down and prevent free radical damage that accelerate the aging process and cell damage.

          The major antioxidant nutrients in your equine's body may be in the form of minerals, vitamins, plant extracts, and other substances such as Selenium, Zinc, Copper, Vitamins E, C and A, manganese, Beta-carotene ,the glutathione system and other enzyme systems etc.