Free Radicals (cont'd)

Free radicals also attack lysosomes, and by combining with blood and tissue lipids (H202 + cholesterol), produce plaque.

Sometimes the action of a free radical can rip out a molecular bit from a cell and thereby set in motion a chain reaction that creates still more free radicals drifting around wreaking havoc.

There are varying kinds of free radicals, which allows some of them to "specialize" in their own particular areas of pillage. The most important free radicals include:

  • Superoxide anion radical
  • Singlet oxygen
  • Oxidized protein
  • Organic or fatty acid hydro peroxide
  • Hydroxyl radical
  • Hydrogen peroxide (H202)
As we look at substances that can counter these wreckers, we will see that some of them, too, have their own areas of specialization, areas where they are especially good at knocking out particular kinds of free radicals.

One of the few books explaining this subject in depth is the Doctors' Secrets' sequel: "The Miracle of Antioxidants".

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