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When the terms oxidation and redux have been used in the past I
was totally confused and wondered not only what it means but why
it is important to health. The short explanation is that chemical
reactions called oxidation cause damage to our cells just like rust
on steel. It is the attachment of damaging electrons to our cells.
The term redux is the chemical removal of the rust like attachments.
Oxidation is claimed to be one of the two
causes of every disease.
Wilkipedia: "Oxidizing
and reducing agents Substances that have the ability to oxidize
other substances are said to be oxidative and are known as oxidizing
agents, oxidants or oxidizers. Put in another way, the oxidant removes
electrons from another substance, and is thus reduced itself. And
because it "accepts" electrons it is also called an electron
acceptor. Oxidants are usually chemical substances with elements
in high oxidation numbers (e.g., H2O2, MnO4-, CrO3, Cr2O72-, OsO4)
or highly electronegative substances that can gain one or two extra
electrons by oxidizing a substance (O, F, Cl, Br).Substances that
have the ability to reduce other substances are said to be reductive
and are known as reducing agents, reductants, or reducers. Put in
another way, the reductant transfers electrons to another substance,
and is thus oxidized itself." (1)
Blurtit: "The
chemical process of oxidation occurs when a particular material
or a compound combines with oxygen, and in the process, gives up
a few of its electrons. As a rule, an addition of oxygen has to
compulsorily be with a certain amount of reduction. Examples of
oxidation include burning and rusting although, both occur at very
different speeds. Oxidation reactions are also known as Redox (the
word come from reduction-oxidation) reactions, those in which the
oxidation number of atoms is altered. Therefore oxidation essentially
refers to the loss of an electron by an atom, a molecule or an ion."
(2)
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