During her nursing admission assessment,your patient tells you that she is taking several herbs and supplements because she heard that they can slow down the aging process.She asks you if this is true.When answering her,which theory of aging should you consider?

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The free radical theory states that aging occurs as a result of random damage from free radicals.Research is ongoing on the ability of substances with antioxidant effects to counter the actions of free radicals.Some of the herbs and supplements are thought to have antioxidant features and act as free radical scavengers.The cross-link theory describes aging in terms of the accumulation of errors of cross-linking or stiffening of proteins in the body.The error theory is actually a category of theories and not a theory itself.The nutrition theory is not one of the theories of aging.

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