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When I hear the term “free radical,” I immediately go back to the most boring science class experience I ever had. Free radicals are part of the world of quantum physics — where men and women in white jackets look at atoms and other things 1 millionth the size of a pin head.
I hope to try and break through the science here and explain as clearly as possible what free radicals are and what they can do to your health.
Let’s say each atom has a positive and a negative end. Atoms that have both poles will remain stable and continue to do what atoms do in a normal fashion. Now let’s say an atom only has a negative end — it is missing a positive and thus becomes unstable. It will bounce around inside the cell looking for a positive and in doing so cause damage in the cell.
An unstable atom is called a free radical and the collective damage done to the cell by the unstable atom is called oxidation. When the body has enough damaged cells from free radicals and oxidation, we have aging. Obviously, we need to do something about these free radicals.
Every time we breathe and every time our body breaks down nutrients for energy, free radicals are created. We must breath and eat in order to survive, so simply stopping either thing is not an option. What we need to do is introduce anti-oxidants to the body to combat the oxidation and ultimately, the aging.
An anti-oxidant is simply an atom that has only a positive end. When an anti-oxidant meets with a free radical, they both join up to become a stable atom. Stable atoms don’t damage cells, or cause oxidation or cause aging. We want stable atoms in our body.
There are thousands of supplements available today claiming to be anti-oxidant. I take several of them, yet I have never seen any information about just how effective they are at combating free radicals. We can measure the anti-oxidant potential of liquids using an ORP meter (Oxidation Reduction Potential).
You can’t stop the creation of free radicals in your body, but you can do something about the anti-oxidants you need to stabilize them. Drink anti-oxidant, Kangen Water.
You can take a look at some readings of liquids by clicking here. Any number that is positive indicates the liquid has no anti-oxidant potential. In fact, it will only assist the oxidation process.
I hope to try and break through the science here and explain as clearly as possible what free radicals are and what they can do to your health.
Let’s say each atom has a positive and a negative end. Atoms that have both poles will remain stable and continue to do what atoms do in a normal fashion. Now let’s say an atom only has a negative end — it is missing a positive and thus becomes unstable. It will bounce around inside the cell looking for a positive and in doing so cause damage in the cell.
An unstable atom is called a free radical and the collective damage done to the cell by the unstable atom is called oxidation. When the body has enough damaged cells from free radicals and oxidation, we have aging. Obviously, we need to do something about these free radicals.
Every time we breathe and every time our body breaks down nutrients for energy, free radicals are created. We must breath and eat in order to survive, so simply stopping either thing is not an option. What we need to do is introduce anti-oxidants to the body to combat the oxidation and ultimately, the aging.
An anti-oxidant is simply an atom that has only a positive end. When an anti-oxidant meets with a free radical, they both join up to become a stable atom. Stable atoms don’t damage cells, or cause oxidation or cause aging. We want stable atoms in our body.
There are thousands of supplements available today claiming to be anti-oxidant. I take several of them, yet I have never seen any information about just how effective they are at combating free radicals. We can measure the anti-oxidant potential of liquids using an ORP meter (Oxidation Reduction Potential).
You can’t stop the creation of free radicals in your body, but you can do something about the anti-oxidants you need to stabilize them. Drink anti-oxidant, Kangen Water.
You can take a look at some readings of liquids by clicking here. Any number that is positive indicates the liquid has no anti-oxidant potential. In fact, it will only assist the oxidation process.
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