… Spontaneous mutations, cancer, and aging can be looked upon as a result of continuous “internal radiation” while these same processes produced by external radiation are largely the result of an increment in the amount of total “radiation” to which the organism is exposed. —Dr. Denham Harman, originator of the free radical theory of aging […]
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- atherosclerosis, cancer, DNA, enzymes, fats, free radicals, glutathione peroxidase, hydrogen peroxide, immune system, molecules, mutations, nucleic acid, oxidation, radiation, RNA, SOD, superoxide dismutase, vitamin c, vitamin E
… all diseases may by sure means be prevented or cured, not excepting that of old age, and our lives lengthened at pleasure even beyond the antediluvian standard. —Benjamin Franklin, in a letter to English chemist Joseph Priestley The same molecules that serve us well by keeping us alive and healthy can, if they fail […]
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- amino acid, blood, Carbohydrates, deoxyribonucleic acid, diet, DNA, energy, enzymes, eye, fats, genetic defects, hair, height, krebs cycle, lipids, metabolism, molecules, nonessential vitamins, oils, PABA, polypeptide hormones, polypeptides, ribonucleic acid, RNA, sources of energy, starches, structural molecules, sugars, tissue, tissue type, vitamin A, vitamin b, vitamin c, vitamins