A viewer sent me a provocative theory: all disease can be explained in 9 words. "Electron replete healthy cells are irreducible. Disease is oxidation." I don't disagree. I also don't agree. Let me walk you through it, all the way back to the Miller experiment and the origin of life.

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00:00 "Disease is oxidation"

00:03 A viewer question about evolution, origin of life, and plasma

00:19 Quick intro, Greg Friedman

00:35 The viewer's 9-word theory in full

01:11 My answer: I agree and I disagree

01:21 Without oxidation, you'd be dead. Every cell needs oxygen.

01:32 The trick question: how much free oxygen is in your blood right now?

01:47 Answer: none. Oxygen is bound to hemoglobin and handled carefully because it's toxic

02:12 The whole system is built to control oxidation

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