Oxidation is good (most of the time) We are not plants, so we can’t make “food out of air” like in photosynthesis, by which plants make carbohydrates out of carbon dioxide and water using light’s energy. No, we humans (and all other animals) need to eat carbohydrates and other stuff made by the plants and oxidize them using respiration. This is the way we get ATP and reducing power to live on and make exactly what we need to grow and reproduce and keep making more humans. If oxidation is good, why do we need anti-oxidants? Once we make our beautiful proteins and nucleic acids, and our skin, etc. we … Continue reading Oxidation, free radicals and antioxidants, explained