{"id":72735,"date":"2017-09-20T07:22:27","date_gmt":"2017-09-20T14:22:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/are-we-killing-ourselves-with-antioxidants"},"modified":"2017-09-20T07:22:27","modified_gmt":"2017-09-20T14:22:27","slug":"are-we-killing-ourselves-with-antioxidants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/are-we-killing-ourselves-with-antioxidants","title":{"rendered":"Are We Killing Ourselves With Antioxidants?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/are-we-killing-ourselves-with-antioxidants.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summary: The mitochondrial free radical theory of aging says that if we consume antioxidant supplements, we can repair the damage caused by free radicals. However, this recommendation is contradicted by a large body of evidence which shows that antioxidant supplements are often harmful. Researchers are discovering more effective ways to improve health by clearing our mitochondrial damage caused by free radicals.<\/p>\n<p>Are you killing yourself in a bid to live a longer healthier life?<\/p>\n<p>A growing body of evidence shows that if you take antioxidant supplements, and you are otherwise healthy, then you are wasting your money, and damaging your liver and nervous system.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Link: <a href=\"http:\/\/longevityfacts.com\/mitochondrial-free-radical-theory-aging-killing-ourselves-with-antioxidants-repairing-our-mitochondrial-dna-part2\/\">http:\/\/longevityfacts.com\/mitochondrial-free-radical-theory-...dna-part2\/<\/a> --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary: The mitochondrial free radical theory of aging says that if we consume antioxidant supplements, we can repair the damage caused by free radicals. However, this recommendation is contradicted by a large body of evidence which shows that antioxidant supplements are often harmful. Researchers are discovering more effective ways to improve health by clearing our [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":446,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,269],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-life-extension"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72735","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/446"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72735"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72735\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}