Note: Not a medical professional, with associated caveats.<p>I don&#x27;t know about this article specifically, but the importance of hormesis in medicine has come on fairly strongly in recent years. Specifically, that persistent, low-level damage to your cells and subsequent autophagy can actually <i>reduce</i> one&#x27;s risk of various ailments. Antioxidants reduce the occurrence of this damage.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Hormesis" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Hormesis</a><p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Autophagy" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Autophagy</a>