FREE RADICALS: Aging -heart disease-cancer-
cataracts-they are all symptons of the harm done to
the human body by free radicals. These are the
'loose cannons" of the cell world. They damage
chromosomes and are probably responsible
for many of the physical changes associated
with aging.
Each cell in a living body is in a constant state
of change. Molecules in cells generate energy
by absorbing nutrients and excreting wastes,
using oxygen. The process produces"incomplete"
oxygen molecules. These are free radicals. They
bounce around the body, attaching and re-
attaching themselves to one molecule after
another, leaving behind a trail of injured cells.
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