How to Reverse Oxidative Stress in your Body and Live a Better Life

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Are you suffering from oxidative stress?

Oxidative stress in the body causes several diseases over time:

• Heart disease (leading cause of death in the United States of America)

• Hardening of the blood vessels (leading cause of heart disease)

• Cancer (leading cause of death worldwide)

• Diabetes (7th leading cause of death in the United States of America)

But what is oxidative stress? It's an imbalance between free radicals and antioxidant defenses in your body. While oxidation is normal, oxidative stress is not. Oxidation occurs when free radicals react with the other molecules. They mean to steal an electron and cause damage to every piece of matter they come in contact with. Thus, antioxidants reduce oxidative stress in the body.

So what is a free radical? It's an atom or molecule containing one or more unpaired electrons. The odd number of electrons makes free radicals unstable and reactive. Because of their high reactivity, free radicals steal electrons from other stable molecules. Those stable molecules now become unstable and thus, causing a chain reaction.

And what is an antioxidant? This is a molecule with an extra electron. They donate the extra electron to free radicals without becoming unstable. This electron exchange stabilizes free radicals and stops oxidative damage. This exchange, called oxidation-reduction, transfers energy measured in millivolts. And this unit of measurement refers to the oxidation-reduction potential of a substance.

"With enough antioxidants, damage in the body can even be reversed." - Dr. Ben Johnson, M.D., D.O., N.M.D.

Alkaline ionized and electrolyzed waters suppress free radicals in living organisms. This results in disease prevention. And the process of electrolysis makes it possible. During this process, electricity separates hydrogen and hydroxide ions in water. Hydrogen ions have a positive charge. Hydroxide ions have a negative charge. Thus, hydrogen ions receive electrons to make hydrogen gas. Minerals in water, such as calcium, magnesium, and potassium, gain electrons as well. This process makes water antioxidant.

That's why I choose alkaline ionized water using a water ionizer. How about you?

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