Understanding Free Radicals and Antioxidants

What exactly is a “Free Radical”? While most of us have heard the term, it is not inevitably obvious exactly what a free radical is. A free radical is a organically occurring side-effect of our physical functions. In excessive quantities they are harmful and they can injure our cells and generate disease and age related decline. However, they are not all unsafe and our bodies do require some of them.

Free radicals happen in the course of the process of oxidation in our bodies. Ponder on how an apple will turn brown if it is cut open and out in the open to air. That is the method of oxidation and it is the same manner that causes free radicals in our bodies.

Our bodies convey oxygen through our bloodstream where it is mandatory for routine cell function. A problem occurs if the oxygen is deficient in the…

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