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What’re Free
Radicals &
Antioxidants
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Definition and interpretation

Free radicals, also known as electrotrimmers, are
atoms, molecules, or ions that have unpaired
valence electrons. 1. Because electrons like to
“travel” in pairs or need companions, if there is
only one electron on a chemical, the chemical is
so active that it can easily “steal” an electron from
its surroundings, as is usually the case in the
body
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are also biological
products of metabolism. 4 As explained in another
article, ROS has both negative and positive health
benefits
Three erroneous zone
In addition to the main misconception that all
reactive oxygen species are harmful and the
more antioxidants the better, there is a
misconception that is more like a chemical
technique than a physiological one.
There are tons of books, marketing literature,
explanations, websites, YouTube videos, etc.,
where free radicals are labeled positively and
antioxidants are labeled negatively. This
statement even falsely claims that low pH (acidic)
water or food is oxidizing and high pH (alkaline)
water or food is antioxidant
(1) are all free radicals positively charged?
Let’s start with the fallacy that all free radicals are
positive. When I hear people say that free radicals
are positively charged, I like to ask them, “do you
know which free radicals are positively charged?
“Although some organic molecules, cations and
reactive nitrogen, are characterized by free
radicals, 10 or 11 positively charged free radicals
are not common in biological systems. In fact,
most biological free radicals are negative or
neutral. Look at pictures of several common free
radicals and their structures. They’re actually not
all free radicals, like hydrogen peroxide, hydrogen
peroxide, peroxy nitrite, hypochlorite, because
they don’t have electrons that don’t pair. They
follow the octet rule.
(2) are all antioxidants negatively charged?
The second common misconception, like the first,
is that all antioxidants are negatively charged. Do
you know which antioxidants are negatively
charged? Some, but most are neutral. (read this if
you think OH -) in general, antioxidants have
conjugated PI systems that allow for electron
delocalization and different resonance structures.
This way, the antioxidant can contribute an
electron to a free radical without overreacting on
its own
(3) do the PH values of acids and bases
correspond to free radicals and antioxidants?
correspond to free radicals and antioxidants?

Another misconception is that acidic food or

water is oxidizing, while alkaline food or water is
antioxidant. Which begs the question, what about
ascorbic acid? It’s the epitome of acids and
antioxidants. In fact, most antioxidant-rich fruits,
13 of them, are acidic (pH 1-5).
In fact, pH and free radicals are completely
different chemical reactions. One is acid base
chemistry, and the other is REDOX chemistry. If
something is acidic, that means it has a higher
concentration of H+ ions. Remember that free
radicals are chemicals with unpaired electrons;
Notice that H+ doesn’t even have an electron?
For this reason alone, it is clear that the whole
concept is flawed.
conclusion
In summary, free radicals are simply chemicals
with unpaired electrons. They’re not always
positive, in fact most of them are negative or
neutral. Antioxidants are not always negative, but
they are usually neutral and can provide
electrons without triggering their own reactions.
In addition, there is a clear distinction between
 acid/base chemistry and REDOX chemistry and
the two should not be confused.

Note: This article comes from Molecular Hydrogen

Institute (MHI)

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