| Every one of us lives in a toxic environment. No | | | | If the DNA of basal kerantinocytes is damaged |
| matter where we live or how careful we try to | | | | the cells may become dysfunctional and the basal |
| be, we can't avoid environmental toxins. Toxins | | | | cells will reproduce cells that are equally as |
| are everywhere in the world, in the air we | | | | damaged and dysfunctional, resulting in the aging |
| breathe, the food we eat and the water we drink. | | | | and dysfunction of the skin and its various |
| They are all over and impossible to run away | | | | components. Aging is simply the progression of |
| from. Did you know when we breathe in oxygen; | | | | damage, caused by free radicals. Free radicals are |
| it acts together with certain molecules in our | | | | produced when our cells create energy and when |
| bodies? These molecules create free radicals | | | | we are exposed to pollutants or toxins such as |
| which then these free radicals damage our | | | | cigarette smoke, alcohol, stress, ultra violet lights, |
| important cellular structures such as DNA and cell | | | | and over eating. These are some of the silent |
| membranes. Damage by free radicals can cause | | | | killers, taken for granted as part of day to day |
| cells to act poorly and change, this could also lead | | | | life we meander unaware to the offenders. These |
| to disease and aging. | | | | can all damage our body's cells that line our |
| Cell membranes are made of unsaturated lipids. | | | | arteries, the fat cells in the blood, the immune |
| The unsaturated lipid molecules of cell membranes | | | | cells and so on. Free radical damage may lead to |
| are particularly susceptible to this damaging free | | | | cancer, cardiovascular disease, cataracts and the |
| radicals process and willingly contribute to the | | | | aging process. |
| uncontrolled chain reaction. Oxidative damage, a | | | | Antioxidants interact with and stabilize free |
| different name for the chemical reaction that free | | | | radicals and may prevent some of the damage |
| radicals cause can lead to a breakdown or even | | | | free radicals might otherwise cause. Antioxidants |
| hardening of lipids, which makeup all cell walls. It | | | | are molecules which can safely interact with |
| becomes impossible for the cell to get its | | | | radicals and terminate the chain reaction before |
| nutrients properly if the cell wall is hardened. Also | | | | vital molecules are damaged. Antioxidants are |
| the cell walls are at risk to damage, including RNA, | | | | very important to fight damage to cells, they aid |
| DNA and protein enzymes. Free Radicals chip | | | | in the prevention of cancer, aging, and many |
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| malfunction, because their cells malfunction. | | | | |