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submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Yeah it's why we have antioxidants. The idea is oxygen is constantly stealing electrons from nearby molecules and antioxidants help replace those electrons.

Life is just a constant form of slow death. Up until your body simply can't replace the old cells fast enough anymore.

[–] the_post_of_tom_joad 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

Oh good i remembered it roughly right. you happen to have a good layman-friendly source just laying around? id love a refresher. I don't usually outsource my searches but i mustve used the wrong terms earlier, cuz i keep getting bunk ass health scam sites

[–] threelonmusketeers 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

This website I found has a decent summary: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxidative_stress

[–] the_post_of_tom_joad 2 points 6 months ago

Hey, tyvm :)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

This may be a good source for it: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25663961-how-not-to-die

The book is about food, but mostly it talks about oxidation of the body and how various foods affect that, because that seems to be the main factor for aging and other degradation of the body. (TL;dr: eat a lot of broccoli)

I'm not an expert though, so cannot judge how accurately the science is presented

[–] the_post_of_tom_joad 2 points 6 months ago

Thanks, I'm not either so this will help me a ton. Thanks!