Thats why antioxidants are so good for us. Cancer is just your body getting rusty.
curiousaur 7 points 2 years ago
NielsBohron 7 points 2 years ago
The reactions that provide the energy for the production of ATP (aka the bulk of all usable energy in every living cell) are oxidation reactions, but the reduction of the oxygen also produces trace amounts of peroxides, which then turn into free radicals that can cause cancer.
So as I tell my students, the number one carcinogen in the world is oxygen...
cybersandwich 4 points 2 years ago path: 0 13954948 13959393, hotness: undefined, score: 4, children: 0
NineMileTower 15 points 2 years ago
I found the community where RFK Jr is getting all his hot health tips.
The_Picard_Maneuver 9 points 2 years ago
NineMileTower 5 points 2 years ago
I can hear this picture. His voice sounds like a shaky cigarette.
spidertrolled 11 points 2 years ago
People with constant exposure to oxygen will die. Nobody has ever survived long term contact with it.
NaibofTabr 9 points 2 years ago
Wait until you hear about dihydrogen monoxide...
Sterile_Technique 7 points 2 years ago path: 0 13955567, hotness: undefined, score: 7, children: 0
neidu3 3 points 2 years ago
This post actually has some truth to it. Oxygen is tightly regulated in the body, because hyperoxia is a thing.
And remember those free radicals people were so scared of eons ago? Those are (amongst other things) oxygen ions, and too many are bad for you.
No_Money_Just_Change 3 points 2 years ago
ShinkanTrain 2 points 2 years ago
We're all constantly on fire because of it, just slowly
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