WHAT ARE FREE REDICALS/OXIDANT PARICLES

1. WHAT ARE FREE REDICALS/OXIDANT PARICLES • FREE RADICALS OR OXIDANT PARTICLES ARE INCOMPLETE, UNSTABLE MOLECULES. • MOLECULES ARE BASIC BUILDING BLOCKS IN NATURE, SUCH AS OXYGEN, FATTY ACIDS AND AMINO ACIDS. • ELECTRONS HOLD MOLECULES TOGETHER. NORMAL MOLECULES HAVE ELECTRONS THAT ARE IN PAIRS.

2. OXYGEN MOLECULES • OXYGEN MOLECULES HAS FOUR ELECTRONS. • SUPPOSE THE MOLECULE LOSES ON OF ITS ELECTRONS….NOW WE HAVE A FREE RADICLES. • A FREE RADICAL IS A MOLECULES THAT FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER IS MISSING ON OF ITS ELECTRONS. • THIS MAKES IT UNBALANCED AND EXTREMELY REACTIVE WITH OTHER MOLECULES.

3. THE DAMAGE • THE FREE RADICAL WANTS TO REPLACE ITS LOST ELECTONS. • IT WILL ROB ONE FROM A SECOND MOLECULES. • THE ROBBED MOLECULES NOW NEEDS AN ELECTRON, SO IT WILL ROB A THIRD AND SO ON IN A CHAIN REACTION. • EACH TIME THIS THEFT OCCURS THE MOLECULES INVOLVED ARE DAMAGE.

4. ANTIOXIDANT THE HERO? • FREE RADICALS ARE FORMED IN OUR BODIES ALL THE TIME FROM THE NORMAL USE OF OXYGEN BY OUR CELLS. • THE BY PRODUCT OF OXYGEN USE IS FREE RADICAL FORMATION. • THE BODY CAN USUALLY PROTECT ITSELF WITH THW ANTIOXIDANT SYSTEMS. • ANTI OXIDANT SCAVENGE, QUENCH, OR NUTERALISE THE FREE RADICALS. • AS LONG AS THERE IS A BALANCE BETWEEN FREE RADICALS IN THE BODY AND THE ANTIOXIDANTS MOPPING THEM UP OUR BODY ARE DOING WELL.

5. WHAT HAPPENS IF LESS ANTIOXIDANT IN OUR BODY? • THE BODY WILL BE IN BIG TROUBLE. • THE FREE RADICLES HIJACK NEEDED ELECTRONS FROM OTHER MOLECULES. • FREE RADICALS CAN BADLY DAMAGE AND INJURE CELLS IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE BODY.

6. DAMAGE CELLS – HOW? • FREE RADICALS CAN BURST THROUGH CELLS AND CAUSE THE CELL TO MULFUNCTION. • ONCE INSIDE THE CELL, FREE RADICALS CAN DAMAGE EVEN THE DNA, EFFECTING FUTURE GENERATIONS OF THESE CELLS AND PERHAPS MAKING THE CELL CANCEROUS. • IT IS BELIEVE THAT GRADUAL ACCUMULATION OF FREE RADICAL DAMAGE OVER THE YEARS IS RESPONSIBLE FOR AGING. • NORMAL CELLS MAY BE DESTROYED, UNABLE TO FUNCTION OR EVEN DIE.

7. OXYGEN AND FREE RADICALS ! • ANYTIME OUR BODY HAS AN INCREASED NEED FOR OXYGEN, OR IS STRESSED PHYSICALLY OR EMOTIONALLY, MORE FREE RADICALS ARE PRODUCED. • STUDIES ARE SHOWING ATHLETES HAVE A GREATER NEED OF ANTIOXIDANTS DUE TO THE RAPID OXYGEN TURNOVER (OXYGEN USED). • THE STRESS OF INJURY, SURGERY, A VIRAL INFECTION, OR ANXIETY CAN CAUSE THE PROLIFERATION OF FREE RADICALS.

8. FREE RADICALS OVERLOAD • FREE RADICALS BURST THROUGH THE CELL MEMBRANE. • THE CELL MEMBRANE CAN BE DAMAGE. DISTROY CELL FACTORIES. • CELLS HAVE DEFENSE MECHANISM “LYSOSOME”A HIT ON THIS STRUCTURE, CELLS WILL BE DAMAGED. • DNA STANDS TO BE DAMAGE. AND CAN LEAD TO CANCER AND OTHER DISEASES • THE “ENERGY FACTORIES” OF THE CELLS (MITOCHONDRIA) CAN BE DAMAGED. THIS SLOW DOWN ALL OF THE ACTIONS OF THE CELL.

9. DAMAGE IMMUNE SYSTEM * DAMAGE CELLS DISTROY “CELL I.D CARD. THESE CELLS MAY BE IDENTIFIED AS INVADER. • CELL PROTEIN MEMBRANE DAMAGE CAN RESULT IN AN AUTOIMMUNE REACTION. • WE ARE LEFT WITH A CELL THAT IS VERY WEEK. WHEN IT DIVIDES IT WILL BE DUPLICATES OF THIS SICK CELL. • THE CELLS FORM TISSUE, TISSUE FORMS ORGAN AND FORM HUMAN BEING.

10. FREE RADICALS AND DISEASES • FREE RADICAL DAMAGE TO CERTAIN CELLS IN THE EYES CAN CAUSE CATARACTS. • FREE RADICALS DAMAGE TO AN INSULIN PRODUCING CELL IN THE PANCREASE, YOU MIGHT GET DIABETES. • DAMAGE TO THE NERVE CELLS COULD BEGIN A DEGENERATIVE NERVE DISESE SUCH AS MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS. • DAMAGE TO THE DNA COULD RESULT IN CANCER. • DAMAGE TO THE CELL CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS TO YOUR HEALTH.