Antioxidants -good or bad?

The recent news that, allegedly, antioxidants do us more harm than good should have had a comment in this blog earlier than this.

But even thinking about it put my blood pressure up. In the interests of my own health it wasn't something I wanted to comment on!

Helpfully, Dr. John Briffa has dealt with this topic in his blog and you can see my comments there. http://www.drbriffa.com/blog/2008/04/21/what-are-we-to-make-of-the-dire-warnings-about-antioxidant-supplements/

Most studies on antioxidants are very poor - they use the wrong mix of antioxidants or look for the wrong outcomes. So I don't think this meta analysis (a meta analysis is a study of studies) proves anything expect that research money is easier to come by than I thought.

And I'm going to have nice antioxidant cup of herb tea to to calm me down.

Best wishes for your health, Liz Copeland

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