Sentences with phrase «harmful oxygen radicals»

If you decide to use a synthetic form of iodine it shouldn't be iodine but iodide (a stable form of iodine) as our thyroid has to convert iodine into iodide and as a result some harmful oxygen radicals will be produced.

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Alkaline water seeks out harmful free radicals and converts them into oxygen.
The second method, called oxidative phosphorylation, produces free radicals, reactive forms of oxygen that can be particularly harmful to a cell's DNA.
This caused oxidative stress — too much oxygen that damages healthy cells — and allowed the release of harmful molecules, called free radicals, which resulted in serious illness.
The enzyme converts heme, a cellular compound that produces damaging oxygen radicals, to less harmful compounds, some of which neutralize oxygen radicals.
They are believed to protect cells from free radicals, harmful oxygen molecules thought to damage cells that result in cancer, atherosclerosis, Alzheimer's disease, and rheumatoid arthritis, and they may be the underlying reason why we age.
They are called «poly», because they contain many double bonds which tend to react with oxygen when heated and form harmful compounds such as free radicals.
EGCG can protect brain cells from oxidative damage caused by harmful free radicals and reactive oxygen species.
Research studies have shown that consumption of fruits / vegetables rich in vitamin C helps the body develop immunity against infectious agents, and scavenge harmful oxygen - free radicals from the body.
They tend to develop harmful free radicals when subjected to heat and oxygen, as in cooking or processing.
They have antioxidant properties and help scavenge the harmful free oxygen radicals.
Free radicals are harmful biochemicals that can attack us from external sources (such as pollution, sunlight, etc.) or we make them ourselves as by - products of oxygen use.
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