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Hey guys in this video, I'm going to attempt to define Ross.

This would 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 like a little disc

and two little weights on the outside that's spin, it's going to be very symmetrical, nothing

is going to 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 and create destruction

because this does not have a paired electron.

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.

Now there is a natural process, a natural program cell death in the body, it's called apoptosis.

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