I read some interesting comment before (so take it with a grain of salt) where someone who knew a bit of chemistry said, ‘in a way we actually are damaged by the oxygen we breathe’. Details foggy but they mentioned that’s kinda what free radicals are about, that we are burning up on a cellular level, albiet over the course of our lifetimes
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.
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
I read some interesting comment before (so take it with a grain of salt) where someone who knew a bit of chemistry said, ‘in a way we actually are damaged by the oxygen we breathe’. Details foggy but they mentioned that’s kinda what free radicals are about, that we are burning up on a cellular level, albiet over the course of our lifetimes
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.
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
This website I found has a decent summary: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxidative_stress
Hey, tyvm :)