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It’s not totally off base though. Wait until you hear about reactive oxygen species and oxidative stress. Oxygen does cause damage to our bodies. Our bodies have protective measures against that and we need oxygen to live, but our utilization of it does cause damage.
Wait 'till you hear about dihydrogen monoxide
I heard it kills thousands of people every year! We must stop this!
Everyone that has been exposed to it dies…eventually.
It’s actually enough to breathe in pure dihydrogen monoxide and you’ll have a solid chance to die
Wait 'till they hear about what oxygen does to wood in a campfire.
This is why you need antioxidants, otherwise the iron in your blood with turn to rust! And that’s a rock fact
Oxidation really will fuck you up though. Oxygen is super corrosive and toxic. It’s useful for cellular metabolism, but if it isn’t carefully controlled it starts to mess with your tissues through oxidation chains and free radicals. That’s why people push antioxidants so hard.
