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Is that what they're saying ? My understanding of the case against antioxidants is that thefree radicals (etc.) are an essential cell signaling mechanism ... a
by rsync 11y ago
Is that what they're saying ?
My understanding of the case against antioxidants is that thefree radicals (etc.) are an essential cell signaling mechanism ... and the signal is "kill me, I'm a bad cell".
If you somehow disrupt or eliminate the signal, you allow bad, or inefficient, or perhaps cancerous cells to live longer than they would otherwise.
I'm paraphrasing directly from the excellent, excellent book _Power, Sex, Suicide: Mitochondria and the Meaning of Life_ by Nick Lane, which is highly skeptical of antioxidant supplementation and is a truly fascinating book.
- api 11y agoI wonder if this is why fasting may be healthy: it flushes marginal cells.
- jsprogrammer 11y agoInteresting, but do you have any evidence that fasting is healthy?
- olb 11y agohttps://news.usc.edu/82959/diet-that-mimics-fasting-appears-to-slow-aging/ https://news.usc.edu/82959/diet-that-mimics-fasting-appears-... (via https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9741137 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9741137)
- Geee 11y agoThere's lots, if you search, e.g.: https://news.usc.edu/63669/fasting-triggers-stem-cell-regeneration-of-damaged-old-immune-system/ https://news.usc.edu/63669/fasting-triggers-stem-cell-regene... https://news.usc.edu/29428/fasting-weakens-cancer-in-mice/ https://news.usc.edu/29428/fasting-weakens-cancer-in-mice/ https://news.usc.edu/78953/fasting-and-less-toxic-cancer-drug-could-be-alternative-to-chemotherapy/ https://news.usc.edu/78953/fasting-and-less-toxic-cancer-dru...
- jsprogrammer 11y agoThank you, I have looked into it before and will continue to do so. However, the articles you linked were studies done in mice and those undergoing chemotherapy treatment. I am hesitant to extrapolate that up my myself.
- nicklaf 11y agoThanks for the reading recommendation--that book looks fantastic.