Antioxidants: Beyond the Hype

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><img alt="http://stonycreekim.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/antioxidants.jpg" class="shrinkToFit decoded" height="300" src="http://stonycreekim.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/antioxidants.jpg" width="400" /></div>Photo Credit:stonycreekim.wordpress.com<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">'The body’s trillion or so cells face formidable threats, from lack of food to infection with a virus. Another constant threat comes from nasty chemicals called free radicals. They are capable of damaging cells and genetic material. The body generates free radicals as the inevitable byproducts of turning food into energy. Others are in the food you eat and the air you breathe. Some are generated by sunlight’s action on the skin and eyes.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">Free radicals come in many shapes, sizes, and chemical configurations. What they all share is a voracious appetite for electrons, stealing them from any nearby substances that will yield them. This electron theft can radically alter the “loser’s” structure or function. Free radical damage can change the <a href="http://www.wakingtimes.com/2013/09/19/hermetic-universe/" title="The Hermetic Universe">instructions coded in a strand of DNA</a>.' </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Read <a href="http://www.wakingtimes.com/2013/11/14/antioxidants-beyond-hype/">more... </a></span>

Antioxidants: Beyond the Hype

  Photo Credit:stonycreekim.wordpress.com 'The body’s trillion or so cells face formidable threats, from lack of food to infection with...

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