"Maybe the reason why free radicals and aging are correlated is because free radical production in the mitochondria (part of the cell) is a stress reaction to the damage of aging," Hekimi said.
The physiological activators of the red pepper and the garlic in kimchi plays the role of preventing cellaging, sterilizing noxious germ, killing pain, improving immunity and the like.
Iron plays a very important part in the reactions in our cells that produce damaging free radicals, which glom onto cell membranes and DNA, and may translate into aging the cell.