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Oxygen. (mander.xyz)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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https://biology.stackexchange.com/questions/54762/did-cyanobacteria-commit-evolutionary-suicide-by-producing-oxygen

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[–] [email protected] 63 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Alright the exchange is funny but

ACKTUALLLY…

Antioxidants are at best nothing and at worst bad for you. The whole thing is marketing wank. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2099529/

Yeah, I’m fun at parties.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Linus Pauling (the Linus Pauling) had a moment in his life when he became obsessed with the idea that antioxidants would make us all live forever.

It's also worth noting that anaerobic organisms are a thing, and they die too. Yes, cells suffer with oxidation and this is indeed related to aging, but if you remove all oxygen from the equation, any replication of genetic material will still slowly age and eventually kill you.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

So the key is to find a way to stop my cells from replicating 🤔 /s

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Here's a link to an article that's not from 2007 but 2019 on antioxidants. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6828919/

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

the daily intake of natural antioxidant sources is very important in the prevention of oxidative stress, since it has many positive effects on our health.

Well now I don't know who to believe

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Would invite you to my parties every time as I’ve been hoping to see someone already posted this answer so I don’t have to.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah i was thinking the same thing lol I just didn't want to say it