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Oxidation of Free Radicals
Causes Damage to the Body
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ANTIOXIDANTS PREVENT THE
OXIDATION OF FREE
RADICALS
Antioxidants prevent this process from happening. They clean up as many free radicals as they can by stabilizing the free radicals before damage occurs by giving up one of their electrons. This process is called prevention. If you have enough ANTIOXIDANTS (the good guys), then you stay healthy. If you don't have enough of the right antioxidants, then the bad guys " free radicals" cause a long list of diseases. A good example of this oxidative process is with a fresh cut apple, the apple will rust or oxidize and turn brownish. Cut another apple then dip it in a lemon juice solution, which is vitamin C. There is no oxidation. Vit. C is an antioxidant.
WHAT KIND OF DAMAGE
CAN OXIDATION OF FREE RADICALS DO?
Plenty! It is well known that degenerative diseases are linked to free-radical damage. That means diseases like arthritis, cataracts, diabetes and macular degeneration are but a few. Free radicals are strongly linked to heart disease and all types of cancer. They also weaken our immune systems in various ways. Oxidation of free radicals and aging are strongly linked. More than eighty age-related diseases can be alleviated by antioxidants that neutralize oxidant particles. Age is related to time only by the rate at which oxidative stress is taking its toll on your body. Antioxidants can dramatically slow this aging process down.
Aging is not, as is commonly thought, the inevitable "wearing out" of your body parts, as if your body were a car that needed an overhaul. It is the accumulation of damage done to individual cells all over your body that results in the problems we associate with aging.
WE DON'T AGE ONE DAY AT A TIME,
WE AGE ONE CELL AT A TIME!
If you eat five to seven servings of fruits and vegetables a day, and you are confident that the fruits were ripened before they were picked, and all of the pesticides were washed off, and the soil that your vegetables were grown in had all of the trace minerals in the ground, then you may be getting enough antioxidants without having to supplement. I am sorry, but I can't get mine from my diet.
From: "mmcullough"
Subject: antioxidants - Oxidation of Free Radicals
Date: Sat, 27 Mar 1999
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