Wednesday 7 February 2007

The Antioxidant Myth: A Medical Fairy Tale

Antioxidants are chemical compounds that can bind to free oxygen radicals preventing these radicals from damaging healthy cells. Cranberry capsules. Green tea extract. Effervescent vitamin C. Pomegranate concentrate. Beta carotene. Selenium. Grape seed extract. High-dose vitamin E. Pine bark extract. Bee spit. You name it, if it's an antioxidant, we'll swallow it by the bucket-load.

According to some estimates around half the adults in the US take antioxidant pills daily in the belief they promote good health and stave off disease. We have become antioxidant devotees. But are they doing us any good?

1 comment(s):

eedetik said...

Antioksidan adalah senyawa kimia yang dapat mengikat radikal bebas oksigen yang mencegah radikal bebas merusak sel-sel sehat. Kapsul cranberry. Ekstrak teh hijau. Vitamin C. Konsentrat buah delima. Beta karoten. Selenium. Ekstrak biji anggur. Vitamin E ekstrak kulit pinus dosis tinggi. Lebah. Sebut saja, jika itu situs prediksi bola antioksidan, kita akan menelannya berdasarkan beban ember.