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Are antioxidants helpful or not?

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  1. This article suggests the whole theory of the role of antioxidants in
    health is misunderstood, in fact they suggest they are negating the
    helpful benefits of free radicals in fighting infection and disease
    prevention:

    nlm.nih.govfullstory 16228.html

  2. Hey Mark De Toad your link to an article entitled "Very-low-calorie Diet Controls Teens' Diabetes"
    as written by one of the Reuter's moron writers.

    <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    This article suggests the whole theory of the role of antioxidants in health is misunderstood, in
    fact they suggest they are negating the helpful benefits of free radicals in fighting infection
    and disease prevention:

    nlm.nih.govfullstory 16228.html

  3. William A. Noyes said:

    Hey Mark De Toad your link to an article entitled "Very-low-calorie Diet Controls Teens' Diabetes"
    as written by one of the Reuter's moron writers.

    Momre interestingly 'A high-protein, low-card, very-low-calorie diet is effective short-term
    treatment for ...type 2 diabetes'.

  4. Sorry, I previously used the wrong url to this article, here are two
    articles on the topic of the soundness of the antioxident theory with
    regard to disease and disorders and which suggest that free radicals play
    an important role in the immune system to prevent disease:

    betterhumans.comnews.aspx

    eurekalert.orgucl usq022404.php

  5. The first article implies that producing fewer free radicals is more important than being able to
    get rid of them. The second says that free radicals are produced as a reaction to disease. What I
    get from this is that healthy organisms live longer.

  6. [email hidden] [email hidden] [email hidden] Once upon a time, our fellow Robert Klute
    rambled on about "Re: Are antioxidants helpful or not?." Our champion De-Medicalizing in
    sci.med.nutrition retorts, thusly ...

    Quoted message said:

    The first article implies that producing fewer free radicals is more important than being able to
    get rid of them. The second says that free radicals are produced as a reaction to disease. What I
    get from this is that healthy organisms live longer.

    Thanks for the commentary.

    Why Mark 'the Toad' totally bungled his post is totally beyond me?

    Oh yeah! Mark 'the Toad' is a science geek.

    Ha, ... Hah, Ha!

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