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Smart clothes fight against free radicals: report

21 Jul '16

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The impact of disease-causing free radicals on human body may be reduced by wearing special high-tech clothes just a few hours a day, developed by Nanobionic, an international manufacturer of smart clothes and textiles, according to a new study published in the Journal of Medicinal Chemistry and Toxicology in May 2016.

Nanobionic manufactures clothes using innovative textiles that transform the body's natural energy to enhance athletic performance and overall wellbeing.

Trillions of free radicals are produced daily within the human body, which are dealt with by our antioxidant system. However, this ability gets weaker with time. When production of free radicals exceeds the body's protective ability, oxidation stress takes place, leading to irreversible damage of cellular structure.

As a result, free radicals are responsible for many of today's health ailments: obesity, rheumatism, premature ageing, skin disease, Alzheimer's disease, multiple sclerosis, and cataract.

Results from the first time study showed beneficial effects of these textiles in reducing free radical levels in healthy individuals and patients suffering from free radical related disorders. The clothes also act as anti-oxidants.

The trial, which was conducted in four medical centres in Greece, Sweden, and Italy, recruited volunteers to test the effects of daily use of Nanobionic's clothes and their connection with the human body's aging process.

The results showed that wearing Nanobionic clothing for two hours a day during six days, cut free radical levels in two-thirds of healthy volunteers. The researchers also examined the effects of Nanobionic clothing on Raynaud's syndrome with remarkable results. Raynaud's disease is an ailment of the blood vessels usually in the fingers and toes.

Using specialised patented coating, Nanobionic products take the body's thermal energy, and turn it into far infrared rays which stimulate metabolism and micro-circulation and as a result improve athletic performance. (GK)

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