YOUTH NUTRIENTS: MEET THE FREE RADICALS
Superoxide aka The Master Oxygen RadicalIt is the first one formed. It’s pretty destructive all on its own, but it also converts easily to hydrogen peroxide and produces the even more dead hydroxyl radical.Hydroxyl RadicalThis is the most dangerous of all the free radicals. It consists of equal parts hydrogen and oxygen. And even though it lasts only a micro-fraction of a second before it self-destructs, it will attack just about any other molecule it comes into contact with in a frantic attempt for chemical stability.Singlet OxygenThis is a free radical formed mainly in our skin as a response to ultraviolet light.Hydrogen PeroxideThis is a molecule that can swim right through cell walls, damaging the delicate insides and scrambling up the messages that keep us healthy. It can also form the deadly hydroxyl radical.Lipid Peroxy RadicalThis is the free radical formed when oxygen attacks the fatty acids in cell membranes. Once the attack begins, the cell membrane is damaged and cell guts begin to ooze out.*54\323\8*
