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THE WORLD'S STRONGEST ANTIOXIDAN
You cannot see, hear, smell or feel them. And yet they are there! The "killer substances" from the air. Her name: "Free Radicals". This is not a new political grouping - it is oxygen molecules. But the name suggests that these must be "strange" oxygen molecules.
And that's exactly how it is. Every child knows that oxygen is vital for us humans. So the question arises why you give such a strange name to a vital element. Well - the reason is clear, because oxygen can change its "face" like "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" in the film of the same name. On the one hand, oxygen takes care of us very lovingly and brings us life - on the other hand, it can also become very uncomfortable and unfriendly to us and adversely affect our well-being in many ways. The reason: not all oxygen molecules are the same.
The majority of the inhaled oxygen is stable and essential for the preservation of life. But there are also so-called unstable oxygen molecules and this is exactly what the free radicals count. They can quickly develop into killer substances. Because radical and non-radical oxygen molecules differ in their molecular structure - and this affects the behavior in the organism. The radical oxygen molecules can have a very negative impact on our organism, to say the least.
In order to understand this exactly, we have to start a little excursion into chemistry and atomic physics. But don't worry - it won't get complicated. As we know, all matter in this world is composed of smaller units - the molecules. The molecules in turn consist of even smaller subunits - the atoms.
Research in nuclear physics has shown that atoms also consist of even smaller particles - electrons, protons and neutrons. The protons and neutrons are in the atomic nucleus. The electrons are in the atomic shell and orbit the nucleus. You can think of it like our solar system. Like planets and the sun, the electrons orbit the atomic nucleus in certain fixed orbits.
In the case of a stable oxygen molecule, which is vital for us, these are always one or more paired electrons that orbit the nucleus in the outer orbit. This is important because the stability of an oxygen molecule is only guaranteed if the electrons as a pair - that is to say in a double pack - form an equilibrium in their orbit.
Now it happens again and again that such an electron is lost. The reasons for this are e.g. B. factors such as air pollution, UV rays of sunlight, pesticides and other pollutants and, and, and. If the oxygen molecule lacks such an electron, we have an imbalance and one speaks of an unstable oxygen molecule or a free radical. So they are unstable oxygen molecules that have one or more unpaired electrons in their outer orbit.
They are - compared to the stable oxygen molecules - unstable in their movements and occurrence and unpredictable. Yes, they even become really aggressive - because free radicals want only one thing: to quickly replace their lost electron. To do this, they attack other molecules in the body, couple (equate to tiny magnets) and steal an electron from them. For example, a free radical can attack a molecule of an intact cell wall, which is now severely damaged by the radical oxygen molecule. Because under the influence of the "tag" the molecule of our intact cell wall is now oxidized.
This can be compared to the rust formation of iron through an oxygen attack. Rust is nothing more than the combination of iron and oxygen. Any chemical combination of oxygen with any other substance is called oxidation.
Free radicals therefore react chemically with important parts of the body and let them oxidize - in other words, "rust". Expressions of oxidative cell changes visible on our body can e.g. B. Age-related pigment spots (age spots) or wrinkles.
Since a free radical immediately grabs an electron from its environment, it damages the molecules from which it takes this electron. The attacked molecules in turn now have a free electron and also snatch an electron from another substance in the area, etc. This starts an unpleasant chain reaction.
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