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Article: Fighting free radicals
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- December 10, 2002
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New Straits Times
12-10-2002
Fighting free radicals
Edition: The City Advertiser; 2*
Section: Family
Column: Health
DO you realise that your health is threatened by the daily onslaught of free radicals? Exposure to the sun's ultra-violet radiation, working in front of computers, chatting over mobile phones, inhaling polluted air and consuming heavily processed/deep- fried foods all contribute immensely to the formation of free radicals within the body.
Free radicals are highly unstable atoms or molecules that possess one or more unpaired electrons. These short-lived voracious agents tend to rob adjacent molecules of electrons to gain stability. When the "attacked" molecules lose their ...