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• Free radicals – useful but dangerous in large doses Free radicals are molecules produced from the oxygen that have an unpaired electron on the surface. The unpaired electron is seeking a partner and captures an electron from another molecule, causing its “oxidation”.
• Free radicals are essential to life. They specifically help the fight against infectious agents (bacteria) and can destroy the diseased cells.
• However, if present in excessive amounts, free radicals will accelerate aging and cause degenerative diseases such as cancer, heart attacks, cataracts, arthritis, arthritis or Alzheimer’s disease.

Among the factors responsible for excessive free radicals, we can count: tobacco, sunlight, pollution, stress, infections and medications, especially if long-term treatment.