Antioxidants during pregnancy may help prevent birth defects tied to alcohol
CHAPEL HILL -- Pregnant women who abuse alcohol may reduce the risk of birth defects in their babies by taking antioxidants during pregnancy, a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill study indicates.... ...The new research found a 36 percent reduction in limb malformations in the offspring of pregnant mice exposed to ethanol and at the same time given a newly developed antioxidant...New antioxidants are 100 times more effective than vitamin E
An international team of chemists has developed a new family of antioxidants that are up to 100 times more effective than Vitamin E. ......"Vitamin E is nature's antioxidant and people have been trying to improve upon it for more than 20 years with only marginal success. We have taken a very big step in the right direction," says Ned A. Porter, the Stevenson Chair of Chemistry at Vanderbilt. He s...Hot cocoa tops red wine and tea in antioxidants; may be healthier choice
There's sweet news about hot cocoa: Researchers at Cornell University have shown that the popular winter beverage contains more antioxidants per cup than a similar serving of red wine or tea and may be a healthier choice.... ...The study adds to growing evidence of the health benefits of cocoa and points to a tasty alternative in the quest to maintain a diet rich in healthy antioxidants, chemical...Estrogens as antioxidants reducing heart disease in younger postmenopausal women
HRT could be used to protect younger postmenopausal women from heart disease. An article published in the journal Lipids in Health and Disease shows that estrogens commonly used in HRT reduce the build up of harmful oxidised lipoproteins, which can lead to heart disease, by acting as antioxidants....... It is well known that high-density lipoproteins (HDL) protect against heart disease while low...Research may take the 'anti' out of antioxidants
EAST LANSING, Mich. In the quest to repair damaged DNA a process believed crucial in combating ailments ranging from cancer to aging antioxidant has been the Holy Grail. But findings published this week in Nature suggest oxidation isn't always the enemy....Scientists at Michigan State University, along with colleagues in England, have uncloaked a mechanism that uses oxygen to repair DNA until...Eat your veggies: Indirect anti-oxidants provide long-term protection
A cancer-preventing compound in broccoli, first isolated a decade ago at Hopkins, may prove to protect against a much broader spectrum of diseases. A new study shows that the compound, sulforaphane, helps cells defend themselves for days against highly reactive and toxic molecules called oxidants. ... ...Unlike standard anti-oxidants that use the molecular equivalent of hand-to-hand combat, broc...Researchers call herbs rich source of healthy antioxidants; oregano ranks highest
Better health may be only a dash and sprinkle away: Researchers with the U.S. Department of Agriculture have found that herbs, in addition to making food tastier, are an abundant source of antioxidants and could provide potential anticancer benefits when supplementing a balanced diet.... ...Herbs have higher antioxidant activity than fruits, vegetables and some spices, including garlic, the resea...Holiday fruit ranks number one in antioxidants
If you want the health benefits of antioxidants but hate broccoli, then pucker up: A new study shows that cranberries may be better for you. ... ...An antioxidant comparison of some of the most common fruits found that the little red berry in its pure form contained the highest quantity of disease-fighting phenols, a type of antioxidant that is thought to reduce the risk of chronic diseases suc...UF researcher: antioxidants play a role in deadly malnutrition disease
.GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Mainstream America has been bombarded in recent years with advertisements touting the health benefits of antioxidants such as vitamin E and beta carotene. But a new study from the University of Florida and Washington University in St. Louis suggests that they may be far more important to children in other parts of the world who have a severe form of malnutrition called kwa...Oxidants play major role in healing of damaged blood vessels
. . Researchers and clinicians have long. labeled oxidants as villains in the fight against heart disease. But. clinical trials using anti-oxidants against heart disease have been. disappointing.. . New research here is showing these same oxidants are critical for. the heal...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 harmful effects of a serious respiratory problem.. . Patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) who were given the special liquid formula via a feeding tube spent an average of five fewer days relying on a ventilator and five fewer days in the intensive care unit. Also, the...Supplementing Diet With Fruits And Vegetables, Rather Than Vitamins, Provides Needed "Antioxidants"
.DALLAS, Dec. 1 -- Instead of popping vitamin pills, the addition of a few more.servings of fruits and vegetables and lowering fat in the diet may help stave.off a disease process which leads to heart attack and stroke, researchers say..In today's Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association, scientists at.Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore report that people who ate a low-fat diet..... .BOSTON, Aug. 27--In laboratory tests, vitamin E prevented the death of brain.cells exposed to a toxic protein found in the brains of patients with.Alzheimer's disease, it was reported here today. .The protein, amyloid beta peptide (AB), is the major constituent of the senile.plaques found in Alzheimer brains, and it generates oxygen free radicals that.attack and kill brain cells, said Alla...Antioxidants May Reduce Harmful Complications Of Diabetes
. SAN FRANCISCO -- Duke University Medical Center researchers have found.that the depletion of body chemicals called antioxidants may increase the risk.of complications from the most common form of diabetes.. . The scientists recommend that diabetics take antioxidant supplements,.such as vitamin C or E, to help stave off or even forestall the hallmark.complications of diabetes, i...Free Radicals Implicated In Impaired Lung Function; Damage May Be Mitigated By Certain Antioxidants
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- High levels of toxic free radicals in the blood can literally take one's breath away.. Epidemiologists at the University at Buffalo have found that a miniscule increase above an acceptable threshold of a substance in the blood that indicates cell damage caused by bombardment from free oxygen molecules (a condition defined as oxidative stress) reflects damage to the lungs e...