Household exposure to passive smoke depletes some vitamins in non-smokers
...s will be needed to determine whether depletion of antioxidants is due to smoke exposure, shared inadequate diets, or both. The study population of 1590 individuals were equally divided between men and women, averaged 54 years of age, and were nearly all Caucasian. Results of serum analyses for micronutrient l...UF researcher: antioxidants play a role in deadly malnutrition disease
...with advertisements touting the health benefits of antioxidants such as vitamin E and beta carotene. But a new stu...of Medicine in St. Louis Because of the lack of antioxidants in the diet of many children who suffer from kwashiorkor, their bodies undergo oxidative stress, in ...¡Ciao! down: Mediterranean diet after a heart attack adds years to life
...se it is rich in potentially protective nutrients: antioxidants such as vitamin E from fruits and vegetables, monounsaturated fatty acids from olive oil and polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) from fish. In general, fewer residents of Mediterranean countries, including Spain, Greece and Italy, die from coronary h......al interventions based on specific fatty acids and antioxidants in delaying the progress of autoimmune diseases, particularly in rheumatoid arthritis patients." Also participating in this research was Wei-chia Chu, a graduate student and recipient of a Mark Diamond research grant for graduate research. The stud...Can tomatoes protect against cancer?
...mechanism behind several chronic diseases. Dietary antioxidants such as the common tomato have been identified as some of the strongest antioxidants and lycopene, a carotenoid pigment found in red fruits and vegetables, is one of the most potent ant...New process improves potency, uses of grape seed extracts
...instead of organic solvents to extract many of the antioxidants from grape seeds. The new method produces an extract with greater potency without using toxic chemicals, takes 25 percent less time, and can be fully automated. Larry Taylor, chemistry professor and department chair at Virginia Tech, will ...New test for radiation damage to DNA developed at Brookhaven Lab
...he studies could also help assess the potential of antioxidants to counteract DNA damage, or reveal ways to use radiation more effectively in fighting cancer. "We hope that if we learn how to alter damage to tumor cells, we can improve therapeutic regimens," Sutherland says....Mice unable to synthesize vitamin C should become valuable research tool, scientists say
... colleague. That is the basis for the opinion that antioxidants such as vitamin C or vitamin E have preventive ben...pportunities for systematic studies of the role of antioxidants in health and disease." A report on the continuing research appeared recently in the Proceed...Common spices protect bacteria during irradiation
...tter radioprotective agents," claims Sharma. Two antioxidants in black pepper and turmeric -- piperine and curcumin -- were found to help protect the bacteria's DNA from damage by irradiation during the study. "However," the article notes, "these compounds may not be the sole protecting agents present in spices...Oxidants play major role in healing of damaged blood vessels
...ey found that the addition of antioxidants would slow or stop the construction and therefore ... "This might be the reason that the use of antioxidants has not been very successful for patients with heart disease," he said. The ...New antioxidant vitamin RDAs better, but not good enough
...ed today for the recommended dietary allowances of antioxidants such as vitamins C and E are a step in the right d...evidence, Frei said, that higher levels of dietary antioxidants could help in the battle against the biggest health threats in America today. But the Food and Nutri...Smokers benefit more from vitamin C supplementation than non-smokers
...uarters of the RDA for vitamin C. The depletion of antioxidants by cigarette smoke, combined with a poor diet, have made it difficult to distinguish between the effects of diet and smoking on antioxidant status in smokers. However, using a study design which matched smokers and nonsmokers in their dietary habits...Two studies add to the growing evidence that green tea is beneficial for health, according to the
...hesda -- Green tea contains high concentrations of antioxidants that have known protectiveeffects. Green tea has r...a extract -- which contains high concentrations of antioxidants such ascatechin-polyphenols and many other compounds including caffeine -- can increase the utilizat...Study: avoiding vitamins A, E might improve cancer therapy
... were either supplemented with standard amounts of antioxidants or wereantioxidant deficient for four months. Rese... heavy smokers who atea diet high in beta-carotene antioxidants had significantly higher rates of lung cancer, Salganiksaid. "These new studies raise important iss...Rheumatoid arthritis: Olive oil and cooked vegetables may help
...sumed in Greece, olive oil is also rich in natural antioxidants and is metabolized to polyunsaturated form, eicosatreinoic acid, which, liken-3 fish oils, has anti-inflammatory effects. Consumption of n-3 rich deep-sea fish is low in Greek populations, whose fish diet comes mostly from the shallower waters of th...Diet of antioxidants and oils improves lung disorder, study shows
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A special diet formula rich in antioxidants and plant and fish oils seems to reduce the harmfu...eaching hospitals. The researchers gave a diet of antioxidants and two fatty acids -- eicosapentaenoic acid (fish oil) and gamma-linolenic acid (oil from a borage ...Substance used to treat complications from diabetes also proves to work as antioxidant
...own that alpha-lipoic acid can interact with other antioxidants such as vitamin C to enhance their antioxidant activity. Other researchers involved in the paper include Drs. Karine Marangon, a pathology research fellow, and Sridevi Devaraj, assistant professor of pathology, both from UT Southwestern and investig...Blueberries: New thrills for those over the hill
...ts. Indeed, blueberries andother foods containing antioxidants may act to protect the body against damagefrom oxi...ther anumber of over-the-counter agents, including antioxidants such as vitamin E,influence the rate of cognitive decline in older women. Plant chemicals, called ph...Researchers call for doubling of RDA on vitamin C
... study afterstudy sheds new light on the role that antioxidants can play in degenerativedisease, aging, cognitive and immune function and overall health. And forvarious biochemical reasons, vitamin C is still the king of antioxidants. Antioxidants readily scavenge many reactive oxygen and nitrogen speciess......ertain foods,including green tea, and many work as antioxidants to protect the body fromoxidative stress that caus...ch more potent antioxidantactivity than well-known antioxidants such as vitamin C and vitamin E," saidHaqqi. Although there is no epidemiologic data, anecdo...