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Well you know oxygen is the important element for living.Do you know oxygen is slowly killing us?
Well you know oxygen is the important element for living.Do you know oxygen is slowly killing us?
Well,
technically, YES. Oxygen, as you know, causes the oxidation of substances. So,
when we breathe in Oxygen, the Oxidation takes place in the atoms of our cells.
Also, when we breathe in Oxygen, the Oxygen incompletely reacts with Hydrogen
to form the extremely reactive hydroxide ions. This is the reason why we have
antioxidants. Antioxidants prevent the oxidation of body cells by reacting with
the Hydroxide ion before it reacts with the body cells. But the production of
such antioxidants does not always meet the requirements, and this is when the
Hydroxide ions, which are left out, start reacting with the body cells. This
reduces the life span of humans.
Then,
you may wonder “Why we need oxygen in the first place? The answer is that we
need energy. We eat food to get energy. But food doesn’t get converted into
energy on its own. The Oxygen atoms help breakdown food to release energy.
Also, Respiration is defined as the breakdown of food (glucose) into energy in
the presence of Oxygen.
C6H12O6 + 6O2 → 6CO2 + 6H2O + 38ATP
It
must be kept in mind that this reaction does not occur in a single step, but by
a series of steps. The ATP (Adenosine Triphosphate) is the energy. Notice that
there is “triphosphate” which means that a phosphate group was added. This
shows us that the above chemical reaction does not occur in a single step
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