Antioxidant Tablets
For
many years since perhaps the dawn of mankind, our diets have always
been rich in fruits and vegetables. Man depended on nature for his
source of food and man relied on nature to cure him of any disorders
or illnesses. Today, we still eat our fair share of fresh produce
not just because doctors say they’re healthy but because they are
said to prevent the onset of various illnesses.
Ever
since the presence of free radicals in the body was linked to the
onset of diseases, scientists and researchers have been trying to
find out why people who had more fruits and vegetables in their
diets were less vulnerable to illnesses that are said to be caused
by harmful free radicals. Their hard work and labor finally paid off
when they discovered the presence of beneficial, disease-fighting
substances found in most fruits and vegetables.
Antioxidant Tablets: Neutralizing Free Radicals
One
group of plant chemicals that have been suggested as being
beneficial are the antioxidants. These natural substances remove
free radicals, those harmful chemicals produced during the process
of oxidation in the body. Free radicals can damage the DNA in the
cell’s nucleus and this might lead to cancer formation. Now that we
know how beneficial antioxidants can be, the focus of the study now
is how to get as much antioxidants as a person possibly can in order
to prevent the onset of diseases.
Unfortunately, scientists have found that human beings are one of
the few animal species that are unable to produce their own
antioxidant content. As a result, they would have to depend much on
their diets for their source of antioxidants. Antioxidants are found
in vegetables like broccoli, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, and
cabbage. They can also be found in fruits such as cranberries,
blueberries, blackberries, apples, citrus fruits, and the like.
Antioxidant Tablets: A study
Clinical trials are underway in a number of countries to see whether
giving supplements in antioxidant tablets in the diet might help
increase the benefits of these helpful substances.
In one
of the many studies aiming to come up with effective,
disease-fighting antioxidant tablets, over 20,000 people between the
ages of 40 to 80 were used. These people were divided into two
groups with one group receiving daily doses of three antioxidant
tablets in the form of vitamin C, vitamin E, and beta-carotene. The
other group on the other hand was merely given placebo tablets with
no antioxidants. The study on antioxidant tablets lasted for a
period of five years after which the results were tested and
analyzed.
Although the study did not necessarily highlight the benefits of
antioxidant tablets, it did however show that antioxidant tablets
have no harmful side effects on the body.
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