{"id":31,"date":"2021-01-11T21:39:11","date_gmt":"2021-01-11T21:39:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brimwithzest.com\/?p=31"},"modified":"2023-10-08T14:15:16","modified_gmt":"2023-10-08T14:15:16","slug":"are-free-radicals-always-bad-and-antioxidants-always-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpd.cloudron.us\/?p=31","title":{"rendered":"Are free radicals bad and antioxidants always good?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Generally, free radicals are always considered bad and anti oxidants are looked upon as an antidote for everything that goes wrong in our body. In this article, lets see the role played by free radicals and the dangers of eating too many antioxidants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The cells of our body produce certain molecules like peroxide, super oxide, nitric oxide . They are called as free radicals. These molecules are formed naturally and continuously in our body as a by product when the food we eat is converted into energy . They are also produced in our body due to environmental toxins , UV radiation, x rays etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These FREE RADICALS are highly energetic , reactive, unstable molecules .they are unstable and energetic because they have an unpaired electron in their outer orbit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We can describe free radicals as hungry and angry molecules. In order to become stable  they are always on the look out  for electrons from stable molecules .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And they knock off an electron from vital cellular molecules like proteins lipids and the DNA they  come across.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After losing an electron these  molecules now become a free radical themselves and this sets off a chain reaction leading to formation of a lot more free radicals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These free radicals are counteracted by molecules called anti oxidants <\/strong>. Antioxidants act in three ways <\/p>\n\n\n\n