This is the first in a series of articles on the root problems
of most chronic illnesses: diabetes, heart disease,
hypertension, autoimmune disorders, Alzheimer’s disease, chronic
fatigue, Parkinson’s disease and early aging. Over the next few
months, I will share how oxidative stress, inflammation, hormone
imbalance and toxins cause chronic illness and how to prevent
early aging and chronic illness. FREE RADICALS AND TORNADOES
When we mix oxygen with food, we get energy. As our body
transforms oxygen and food into energy, we make “free radicals.”
Free radicals include compounds like peroxides and are like
little tornadoes that spin off more little tornadoes. These free
radical tornadoes go around and damage cells. Free radicals
damage the protein and fats in cell membranes, mitochondria —
which are the energy factories in the cells — and even sometimes
DNA, leading to cancer. It is estimated the average human cell
sustains 10,000 hits per day from free radicals. When cells are
damaged by free radicals, the b