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I can't remember which paper I read it in, but it said the amount of oxidation that happens normally as your body functions significantly dwarfs the amount of a
by jeffy 10y ago
I can't remember which paper I read it in, but it said the amount of oxidation that happens normally as your body functions significantly dwarfs the amount of antioxidant effects you can get by eating antioxidant containing food.
Seems like common sense you can't eat your way out of aging.
- delinka 10y agoIsn't "oxidation" pretty much how our cells function? Stop that, stop living.
- gmarx 10y agoThe idea was that your body produces free radicals, molecules which are highly reactive because of an unpaired electron, caused a lot of damage to the body. The antioxidants sopped these up and prevented the damage. That was the hypothesis