Sentences with phrase «fewer reactive oxygen»

When your body is able to burn fat for fuel, your liver creates water - soluble fats called ketones that burn far more efficiently than carbs, thereby creating fewer reactive oxygen species (ROS) and secondary free radicals.

Compared to glucose metabolism, ketone metabolism produces fewer reactive oxygen species — which are known to contribute to inflammation.

However, the latter is preferred because it is a cleaner, healthier fuel, as it releases far fewer reactive oxygen species (ROS) and secondary free radicals.

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Vitamin C can also help provide the antioxidants your immune system needs to use ROS (reactive oxygen species) to attack pathogens without destroying its own cells, so take a gram or so of vitamin C a few times a day if you think you are getting sick.