Free RadicalsFree radicals and oxidants are the result of normal metabolism in your body. But if they are not properly controlled by your body, they can create havoc. Free radicals and oxidants are highly reactive and unstable compounds produced by your body. They are unattached molecules floating freely around in your body that attack cell membranes. In defense, your body manufactures, or takes in from outside sources, antioxidants to find and eliminate free radicals before they can cause damage. In a healthy body, free radicals and oxidants are destroyed. But in a body that's lacking the necessary vitamins and minerals, toxins develop that can impede this process by creating too many free radicals for the antioxidants to handle. There are different ways you can combat free radicals and oxidants. Antioxidants and free radical quenchers can be found in foods and supplements.
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