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Throughout my daily routine of counseling patients and teaching classes, I often get asked, “Should I take antioxidant supplements to reduce my risk of cancer and heart disease?” Why antioxidants? Antioxidants have three team members: minerals, vitamins and phytochemicals. You need all three to neutralize free radicals or oxidants in your body. Free radicals are ... Antioxidant Pros and Cons
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Antioxidant Pros and Cons
Throughout my daily routine of counseling patients and teaching classes, I often get asked, “Should I take antioxidant supplements to reduce my risk of cancer and heart disease?” Why antioxidants? Antioxidants have three team members: minerals, vitamins and phytochemicals. You need all three to neutralize free radicals or oxidants in your body. Free radicals are ... Antioxidant Pros and Cons
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L-ergothionine has been around for a long time but no one really has any idea what if any role it plays in human metabolism. People with rheumatoid arthritis have a mutant L-ergothionine transporter that more efficiently takes it up and so have higher levels in the blood but whether...
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L-ergothionine
L-ergothionine has been around for a long time but no one really has any idea what if any role it plays in human metabolism. People with rheumatoid arthritis have a mutant L-ergothionine transporter that more efficiently takes it up and so have higher levels in the blood but whether...
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Back in 1996, two very well publicized epidemiological studies from well-respected Harvard researchers found a significant correlation between vitamin E intake and a more favorable cardiovascular risk profile.1, 2 This is similar to the favorable reports with higher beta-carotene levels being associated with a decreased risk of some forms...
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Vitamin E Follows Beta Carotene
Back in 1996, two very well publicized epidemiological studies from well-respected Harvard researchers found a significant correlation between vitamin E intake and a more favorable cardiovascular risk profile.1, 2 This is similar to the favorable reports with higher beta-carotene levels being associated with a decreased risk of some forms...