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Free Radicals May Not Be Cause of Aging
An anonymous reader writes "Researchers at McGill University in Montreal have uncovered strong new evidence that that wildly-accepted mitochondrial free radical theory of aging (MFRTA) is wrong. MFRTA suggests that free radicals cause oxidative damage, which in turn leads to the aging process. This new evidence shows that high levels of Reactive Oxidative species are rather a biological signal used to combat aging then the process itself. This goes against claims of major health benefits from consuming foods and particularly supplements that contain antioxidants."
Jailing the radicals was good?
I've fallen off your lawn, and I can't get up.
Ya, scientists, pshaw. They're so full of it!
This is why we need to institute mandatory human experimentation!
When you're afraid to download music illegally in your own home, then the terrorists have won!
What makes a theory "wildly accepted"? Does it mean there are a bunch of scientists who gather spontaneously at impromptu bonfires and ululate their heathen belief in a carnal fashion?
I mean, how can anything with the word free right there as part of it's name be bad for you?
Free Hat!
Now that I think about it, I'm pretty sure everything I just said is completely wrong.
But salorie restriction is very unpopular with girlfriends, wives, heirs, etc ... ;)
timothy
jrnl: http://tinyurl.com/c2l8yr / foes: http://tinyurl.com/ckjno5
Miss Moneypenny: Have you got a mission, James?
James Bond: Yes. I am to eliminate all free radicals.
Miss Moneypenny: Ooh. Do be careful.
You are not a brain: http://books.google.com/books?id=2oV61CeDx-YC