- Determine the function and role of vitamins and essential minerals (micronutrients) and chemicals from plants (phytochemicals) in promoting optimum health and preventing or treating disease
- Determine the role of oxidative stress and inflammation in human health and disease, and the protective effects of dietary antioxidant and anti-inflammatory compounds
- Help people everywhere achieve a healthy and productive life, full of vitality, with minimal suffering, and free of cancer and other debilitating diseases
LPI's Response
Read our response to recently published articles regarding vitamins C and E and heart disease and cancer.
Vitamin C
in the News!
Many of us take vitamin C to ward off a cold, but research is finding that in large doses, the antioxidant might also be a cancer killer.
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See a commentary on the
original article published in PNAS.
Major areas of research encompass cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, cancer, aging, immune function, and neurodegenerative diseases. Specific research projects address:
- Oxidative stress, lipoic acid, and essential metals in atherosclerosis
- Vitamin E metabolism and biological functions
- Oxidative and environmental stress in Lou Gehrig's, Parkinson's, and Alzheimer's disease
- Stress response, lipoic acid, and mitochondrial dysfunction in aging
- Cancer chemoprotection by phytochemicals in tea and vegetables
- Transplacental cancer chemoprotection
- Epigenetic and epigenomic mechanisms of cancer etiology
- Zinc and antioxidants in prostate cancer and neurodegeneration
- Novel biological functions of vitamin C
- Antioxidants and gene expression in diabetes
- Dietary fats and carbohydrate and lipid metabolism
- Vitamin D and zinc in immune function
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