Uh…sure.

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    5 days ago

    one of the most potent antioxidants

    The kind of people believing this will also buy cheap electric “air purifiers” from Temu, which actually just generate ozone, one of the most potent oxidants

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      4 days ago

      Technically, free electrons entering your body would give you a negative charge, which would reduce oxidation because oxygen ions are negatively charged. The same effect is used to reduce rust on ship hulls.

      Unfortunately you need oxidation to breathe - that’s how hemoglobin works - so if you actually had enough electric charge to serve as an antioxidant you would suffocate. Also maybe the electric repulsion would be strong enough to dismember you, I haven’t done the math.

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        4 days ago

        Sure but you’re not getting electrons or the resulting “powerful” antioxidation from a “grounding effect”. Unless you were previously charged with a positive electrostatic potential, I guess.