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hey guys in this video I’m gonna attempt

to define Ross this will probably come

up if you’re reading some of the studies

relating to Alzheimer’s or the benefits

of ketosis you might see Ross come up

and I just wanted to find it because it

can be a little confusing and in reality

it’s pretty simple

Ross stands for reactive oxygen species

now what the heck does that mean so Ross

can either be a free radical or a non

free radical involving oxygen so this

kind of let’s back up what is a free

radical a normal atom has paired

electrons so if you have something

that’s paired if you just kind of

envision it like a little disc and two

little weights on on the outside that

spin it’s gonna be very symmetrical

nothing’s gonna happen it’s real nice

and smooth but if you take one of those

electrons out and you have an unpaired

electron and it starts to spin or move

it can really be a radical and move in a

radical way in create destruction

because it does not have a parent

electron okay so free radicals tend to

destroy things

now the body makes ross also ross can be

generated from the environment as well

coming into the body but the question is

why would your body make something

that’s destructive that’s the question

and this will help you understand what

it is well there is a natural process a

natural program cell death in the body

it’s called apoptosis and apoptosis is a

condition where your body is actually

killing off certain cells now you might

say well that’s a bad thing

but actually it’s a it’s essential for

life okay because your body has this

urge to survive so it’s looking at the

greater good if there’s certain cells

that are mutated altered they’re

dysfunctional then the body has to get

rid of them and that’s when it produces

Ross so Ross has the ability to

eliminate certain things that we don’t

want in the body and if that involves

killing off certain mitochondria or

whatever that’s a good thing so even

your white blood cells produce these to

actually kill off microbes

that’s how it dismantled certain viruses

so your body has this interesting

balance between free radicals or

oxidants and antioxidants so your body

can make any oxidants as well and you

can get them environmentally so you have

this whole balance that happens in the

body so whether you’re exposed to a

certain stress that called oxidative

stress so let’s say you have a certain

metal in your body from iron and that

created a mutation in your mitochondria

well your body would produce this to get

rid of that the body does not want

mutated cells exposure to chemicals UV

radiation that would come from external

or exercise produces higher levels of

Ross to actually kill off the damaged

muscle cells that are that need to be

replaced and it’s replaced by the stem

cell so it actually just grows back

hypoxia decreased oxygen pollution

smoking infection so your body is

constantly cleaning all this stuff up

and replacing it so this is a real

positive thing so you probably in your

house have hydrogen peroxide and you can

put it on a cut or a wound and see it

foam up because hydrogen peroxide is

this and that actually helps to kill off

certain microbes okay the same principle

what’s really cool is that ketones

reduce the excess Ross in the body so

ketones can act as an antioxidant and

they protect the nerves

they’re very neuro protective and this

is why ketones are so good for the brain

and high sugar diet or high carb diet is

so terrible for the brain because it

actually causes so much destruction and

it leads to things like dementia and

then eventually Alzheimer’s anyway I

just wanted to explain what this is as

simply as possible hopefully you

understand it now and thanks for

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