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To: 10K a day who wrote (306635)	5/10/2005 5:25:26 AM
From: zonder	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

One of the top cancer surgeons at UC davis told me Hm, that does not help me much. Your top cancer surgeon friend can perhaps send a link to a document we can read? AND they occur naturally- Of course free radicals occur naturally. They are the by-product of your cells' turning food into energy by combusting the food you eat with your oxygen intake. They exist for a little bit of time, because they are unstable atoms that miss electrons. This they remedy very quickly, by stealing an electron or two from elsewhere inside your cells. Needless to say, that is kind of damaging to your cells' interior. This process is called "oxidization", and damages cells a little bit every time it happens, and it happens very often. That is why you age, also naturally. That is also why low-calorie diets prolong life. The whole point of the research into limiting the damage of free radicals is to slow down the natural aging of the cells (and hence the body). Recent research shows such attempts lead to longer longevity in lab animals. So, it is not all "hype". Your surgeon friend probably dumbed down the subject a little for you, but his point must have been that anti-oxidant vitamin supplements are not very effective. I doubt if his point was that free radicals don't exist or that they do not damage/age your cells. If you disagree, please feel free to prove your point. By research rather than hearsay.