How do Anti-oxidants neutralize free radicals?
In simple terms they voluntarily give one of their electrons to a free radical molecule! Anti-oxidants can do this without hurting themselves. It is nature’s way of keeping the oxidation process in check. Oxidation is a critical tool for nature. If it did not occur then nothing would degrade or decompose. But, it must be kept in balance. Three or four decades ago free radicals were not so much as a problem for two reasons. • Our food was not processed and as such much more nutritious and contained adequate anti-oxidants. This is certainly not the case today. • We were not exposed to the same level of pollution, radiation, toxins in food and chemicals in our everyday environment. ‘Experts’ who suggest that it is possible to get enough anti-oxidants from diet to control excess free radical activity are just sticking their ‘heads in the sand’ and not facing reality. Today we face a double ‘whammy’…the generation of free radicals at a rate which has never before been experienced by the hum
