The disease makers - free radicals and oxidation stress
Do you know the terms "free radicals" and "oxidative stress"? What exactly this is, what they do in the body and how they can be related to diseases, you can find out here. Read what they should know about free radicals. The disease makers - free radicals and oxidative stress To better understand oxidative stress, here's a short excursion into chemistry: oxidation and reduction are chemical reactions. Upon oxidation, electrons are released and the oxidation number of the ion, atom, or molecule increases. Another substance absorbs the electron and is thereby reduced. Even in the human body, such processes take place. This is where the free radicals come into play. These are certain oxygen-containing substances that are particularly reactive. They have only a single unpaired electron on the outer electron shell, so they have another. As a result, these free radicals are anxious to capture another electron. They react quickly to anything they come i...