ASEA helps the cells of our body to recognize damage as well as abnormal cells and repair those damage and kill those abnormal cells called apoptosis. And that's why it works. The redox reaction, in short, is a combination of a reduction process (an element captures electrons and reduces its oxidation state) and an oxidation process (an element releases electrons and increases its oxidation state). These two processes are, in reality, two simultaneous facets of reduction, which are always carried out together. Every time an element is oxidized by releasing electrons, there is another that accepts them and is reduced.