Oxidation relates to cancer, heart attack, cholesterol, disease and the process of aging. Becoming knowledgeable in this area will help improve both your diet and your choice of food supplements, and your general health. To illustrate lets look at a piece of paper. If you burn the paper you will be left with ashes, and in the process of burning the paper a chemical process will have taken place.
Energy is released as the paper combines with fire and oxygen, and the paper is degraded into ashes.
Oxygen-led degradation is commonplace in daily life, its effect range from metal rusting to coffee becoming acidic. Oxidation's stealing of electrons is what causes the degradation of oxidized materials. Biologically, oxidation is inevitable in the human body and in many cases, it has undesirable effects. For example, oxidation continuously breaks down the cells that make up our skin. Oxygen helps break down the foods we eat.