We hear it on CNN, read it in the newspaper, magazines, and on food packages. For answers to these questions, keep reading.
Free radicals are compounds that contain oxygen in a reactive form.
Over a lifetime, this oxygen can cause serious damage to cells, DNA, and the inside of our veins and arteries. The damage done by free radicals can eventually lead to cancer and heart disease. We cannot avoid free radicals. Many of them are made in the body during the breakdown of food. Others are present in our environment due to pollution.