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?
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