Antioxidants are substances that may protect your cells against the effects of free radicals. Free radicals are molecules produced when your body breaks down food, or by environmental exposures like tobacco smoke and radiation. Free radicals can damage cells, and may play a role in heart disease, cancer and other diseases.
Antioxidant substances include
- Beta-carotene
- Lutein
- Lycopene
- Selenium
- Vitamin A
- Vitamin C
- Vitamin E
Antioxidants are found in many foods. These include fruits and vegetables, nuts, grains, and some meats, poultry and fish.
- Antioxidant Vitamins(American Heart Association) - http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4452
- What Is an Antioxidant?(American Dietetic Association) - http://www.eatright.org/cps/rde/xchg/ada/hs.xsl/home_9660_ENU_HTML.htm
- Wine Compound May Protect against Radiation Exposure(09/23/2008, HealthDay) - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_69632.html
- Red Wine Molecule Might Battle Multiple Sclerosis(09/19/2008, HealthDay) - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_69493.html
- Broccoli Compound May Help COPD Patients(09/12/2008, HealthDay) - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_69238.html
- More News on Antioxidants http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/alphanews_a.html#antioxidants
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Folate
(National Institutes of Health, Office of Dietary Supplements) - http://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/folate.asp
- Lycopene: An Antioxidant for Good Health(American Dietetic Association) - http://www.eatright.org/cps/rde/xchg/SID-5303FFEA-A120B9BE/ada/hs.xsl/nutrition_5328_ENU_HTML.htm
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Magnesium(National Institutes of Health, Office of Dietary Supplements) - http://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/magnesium.asp
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Selenium(National Institutes of Health, Office of Dietary Supplements) - http://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/selenium.asp
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Vitamin A and Carotenoids(National Institutes of Health, Office of Dietary Supplements) - http://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/vitamina.asp
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Vitamin B12(National Institutes of Health, Office of Dietary Supplements) - http://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/vitaminb12.asp
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Vitamin B6(National Institutes of Health, Office of Dietary Supplements) - http://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/vitaminb6.asp
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Vitamin E(National Institutes of Health, Office of Dietary Supplements) - http://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/vitamine.asp
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Zinc(National Institutes of Health, Office of Dietary Supplements) - http://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/cc/zinc.html
- Antioxidant Therapies for Cystic Fibrosis(Cystic Fibrosis Foundation) - http://www.cff.org/treatments/Therapies/AlternativeTherapies/Antioxidants/
- Antioxidants: An Answer to Aging?(American Dietetic Association) - http://www.eatright.org/cps/rde/xchg/SID-5303FFEA-845A50FB/ada/hs.xsl/home_4634_ENU_HTML.htm
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Coenzyme Q10 (PDQ)(National Cancer Institute) - http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/cam/coenzymeQ10
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ClinicalTrials.gov: Antioxidants(National Institutes of Health) - http://clinicaltrials.gov/search/open/intervention=antioxidants
- Antioxidants, Over Time, Support Aging Minds(Agricultural Research Service) - http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/2007/070806.htm
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Drinking Black Tea Shows No Impact on Cardiovascular Risk Factors(National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine) - http://nccam.nih.gov/research/results/spotlight/030508.htm?nav=rss
References and abstracts from MEDLINE/PubMed (National Library of Medicine)
- Article: Daily quercetin supplementation dose-dependently increases plasma quercetin concentrations in healthy... - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=18716159&tool=MedlinePlus
- Article: Protective effect of lycopene in cardiovascular disease. - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=18700690&tool=MedlinePlus
- Article: Intake of antioxidant vitamins and trace elements during pregnancy and... - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=18689383&tool=MedlinePlus
- Antioxidants -- see more articles - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=search&db=pubmed&term=(antioxidants/ae[mh]+OR+antioxidants/tu[majr])+AND+(review[pt]+OR+guideline[pt]+OR+clinical+trial[pt]+OR+jsubsetk[text]+OR+jsubsetaim[text]+OR+jsubsetn[text]+OR+patient+education+handout[pt])+NOT+(letter[pt]+OR+editorial[pt])&doptcmdl=summary&cmd_current=Limits&pmfilter_EDatLimit=last+1+Year&tool=MedlinePlus
- Nutrient Lists(Dept. of Agriculture) - Links to PDF - http://www.ars.usda.gov/Main/docs.htm?docid=15869
- Food and Nutrition Information Center - http://fnic.nal.usda.gov/
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National Institutes of Health, Office of Dietary Supplements - http://dietary-supplements.info.nih.gov/
- Vitamins - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/vitamins.html
- Food and Nutrition - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/foodandnutrition.html