Free Radical Damage and Antioxidants

Posted 09/18/2005

An apple slice turns brown as a result from a natural process called oxidation. It happens to all cells in nature, including the ones in your body. During this oxidation process, 1% or 2% of cells will get damaged and turn into free radicals

External toxins, especially cigarette smoke and air pollution, are "free radical generators". Cigarette smoke is a big source of free radicals. Our food and water also harbor free radicals in the form of pesticides and toxins. Drinking alcohol also triggers substantial free radical production.

When free radicals attack, they don't just kill cells to acquire their missing molecule. Instead, free radicals often injure the cell, damaging the DNA. When a cell's DNA changes, the cell becomes mutated. It then grows abnormally and reproduces abnormally -- and quickly.

The role of vitamin C is to stop free radical damage before it starts. Vitamin C captures the free radical and neutralizes it. Vitamin E stops free radical damage that has already occurred. Products that combine Vitamin C & Vitamin E, such as A-Cute Derm's Tri-Complex Serum help to fight free radical damage that has already occurred and prevent new free-radical damage from occurring.

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