Just a hypothesis I stumbled on, and decide to share. This seems to make sense but my question is "what could possibly be an alternative to oxygen?" With the rise in the level of research on the Theory of Aging

Recently some millionaires including elderly and terminally ill fellows have offered the chance to freeze their body in the hopes of coming back to life in the future. Well this is a different topic entirely.

Now let's look at how Oxygen can be poisnous and how it possibily limits our life expectancy


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According to Joel Clark who agrees with the hypothesis, this happens to be his analogy

Your hypothesis is 100% correct.

Let me state that again

Your hypothesis is 100% correct.

Let’s start with a little background.


You should immediately recognize what the picture below is Rust/Corrosion. Or less commonly known as oxidation (or the effect thereof).

Now this also occurs inside your mitochondria when it turns glucose into ATP. There are also many other biological processes that require oxidization as a catalyst for the reaction, hence your bodies requirement for oxygen to survive.

Can you survive without oxygen? Nope.

When this occurs, the reaction results in a left over electron, or many left over electrons, which are referred to as Free Radicals.

These little buggers cause cell damage and a variety of other not-conducive-to-life processes. While it remains true that oxygen is a basic requirement for “most” life on planet earth, the chemical reactions that occur generally have bad side effects.

Your body naturally produces antioxidants to try and limit the damage caused by these little buggers - but eventually the damage aggregates into a final transition… death by old age (If you believe the Free Radical Theory of Aging).


Now let’s go back to the question… what constitutes a poison?

In biology, poisons are substances that cause disturbances in organisms, usually by chemical reaction or other activity on the molecular scale, when an organism absorbs a sufficient quantity.

[b]Does oxygen cause a disturbance in organisms, by chemical reaction or some other activity on the molecular scale, when an organism absorbs a sufficient quantity?

It sure does!

Now isn’t that bitter sweet irony.

https://www.quora.com/What-if-oxygen-is-actually-poisonous-and-it-just-takes-75–100-years-to-kill-us/answer/Joel-Clark-14

Great hypothesis....in whatever way, no one is designed to survive two centuries!

This means we can undo the damage caused by these gree radicals that causes aging

Has anyone ever thought of the reason why a tree can survive for thousands of years despite harsh conditions.
It inhales CO2, Carbondioxide, which is our waste respiratory product.

It may show dat if our body doesn't need O2, Oxygen, it may grow longer if, I mean if, it can make use of any other alternatives.

My observation, though.