While obtaining a health history from a 68-year-old patient, the nurse learns that the patient takes daily supplements of antioxidants beta carotene, selenium, and vitamin E. The nurse recognizes that the use of these substances in slowing the aging process is related to the biologic aging theory of

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Research has focused on the use of antioxidants to slow the oxidative process caused by free radicals. Use of antioxidants is not proposed as a treatment for telomere-telomerase decreases, somatic mutation, or programmed cell death.

While Obtaining a Health History from a 68-Year-Old Patient, the Nurse