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11/3/2011 3:46:38 PM EST
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What are Free Radicals
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When I first asked the question, "Just exactly what are free radicals?" The answers I got were somewhat confusing and a little hard to understand, I am going to do my best here to explain free radicals and oxidation as simply as possible.
Every moment, as we breathe in oxygen and our cells produce energy through our normal everyday living processes, molecules inside of our cells react with the oxygen we breathe in. This is called oxidative stress.
It is exactly as oxygen reacting with certain metals (like on a car) producing rust. In fact, the scientific name for rust is oxidation.
That same "rust" (oxidation) hapens in every single one our cells, as long as we breathe inoxyhen. In other words, every moment of every day our cells our "rusting" (oxidation).
The oxidation also occurs through our normal everyday internal processes, such as metabolism and immuine defense.
(Of course, this rusting or oxidation is known to us as "aging")
As these molecules within our cells react with the oxygen (oxidation) they become free radicals. so now this free radical molecule is a molecule that has at least one unpaired electron and is therefore very unstable and highly reactive. the free radical (unstable molecule) now goes around the cell literally stealing electrons from other healthy molecules. Imagine, if you will, a small, yet powerful war going on in every one of your cells.
This is where antixodants come in. An antioxidant is a natural biochemical substance that protects all your trillions of living cells from free radicals and the damage they cause. In fact, the word antioxidant literally means "against oxidation"
Hopefully we have enough antioxidants to "fight off" the Free Radicals! Unfortunately, free radicals are not just formed through breathing and other normal bodily processes, but we have many outside influences and factors that dramatically further produce free radicals inour cells. (stress,toxisn,chemicals,etc.)
Now, more than ever we need to eat antioxidant rich foods and take antioxidant supplements. That's why I'm grateful to be part of a Company that is standing alone in the developement of the most important antioxidant "Glutathione". They are now leading the research in glutathione supplementation.
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