WHAT ARE FREE RADICALS?

Without oxygen we cannot make energy. Yet the production of energy can wreak havoc in the body because it also produces free radicals.

Free radicals are unstable molecules produced during metabolism and energy production that can damage cell structures and can ultimately lead to cancer, heart disease and numerous other illnesses.

Free radicals are both an enemy and friend. Whenever there are diseases there are free radicals. But where there is life, there are also free radicals.

Free radicals can be good where they help to boost our immune systems by destroying bacteria or viruses but can also be bad and damage our DNA.
Free radicals damage our cells which hasten premature aging and are a major factor in stroke, heart diseases, arthritis and inflammation.

As explained by Prof Packer, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, diabetes, cataract, arthritis, and many other ailments associated with aging are caused or aggravated by free radicals.

The key to good health is to maintain the right balance between antioxidants and free radicals. This is the job of the body's antioxidant defence network.