• ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    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.

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      6 months ago

      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