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Human aging is characterized by a progressive increase in oxidative stress, evidenced by decreased plasma antioxidant capacity and increased lipid peroxidation (MDA) and protein oxidation (carbonyls) in erythrocytes.
Aging is biologically linked to accumulating oxidative damage. You can monitor this via biomarkers like MDA and antioxidant capacity, but this paper does not prescribe a specific intervention to reverse it, only to measure it.
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Aging is a complex progressive physiological alteration of the organism which ultimately leads to death... the main molecular characteristic of aging is the progressive accumulation of damages in macromolecules... oxidative damage caused by reactive oxygen species (ROS) as one of the primary determinant of aging.
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Opinion/Review paper citing multiple observational studies; lacks a single primary clinical trial.
Source
Markers of Oxidative Stress in Erythrocytes and Plasma During Aging in Humans
Kanti Bhooshan Pandey et al. · Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity · 2009
DOI 10.4161/oxim.3.1.10476
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