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The Free Radical Fantasy
Author(s) -
HOWES RANDOLPH M.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
annals of the new york academy of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.712
H-Index - 248
eISSN - 1749-6632
pISSN - 0077-8923
DOI - 10.1196/annals.1354.004
Subject(s) - predictability , disease , fantasy , medicine , intensive care medicine , art , literature , physics , quantum mechanics
Overly exuberant and exaggerated past expectations and claims of the free radical theory have been quieted by extensive randomized, double‐blind, controlled human studies. A half century of data demonstrates its lack of predictability and it has not been validated by the scientific method. Widespread use of antioxidants has failed to quell the current pandemic of cancer, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease or to stop or reverse the aging process. Electronically modified oxygen derivatives contribute to the modulation of cellular redox status, which is of primary importance in disease prevention and homeostasis.