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Oxygen. (mander.xyz)

submitted 11 months 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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[–] whocares314 58 points 11 months 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.

[–] kadu 20 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months 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.

[–] Kase 2 points 11 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 14 points 11 months 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 11 months 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 11 months 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 11 months ago

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