Tuesday, March 24, 2009

How To Kill Free Radicals!

Antioxidants Are There To Save You!

So, how do you make a free radical happy? You give the free radical the extra electron it so desperately wants. What can supply this extra electron to the free radical? You guessed right- antioxidants.

Antioxidants are any substances that prevent or slow the oxidation process. Remember, free radicals cause oxidation - and antioxidants prevent oxidation. Antioxidants work by donating an electron to a free radical so it becomes a stable oxygen molecule or as we have said a happy go lucky atom.