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Länk - antioxidanter verkningslösa

Since the early 1990s scientists have been putting these compounds through their paces, using double-blind randomised controlled trials - the gold standard for medical intervention studies. Time and again, however, the supplements failed to pass the test. True, they knock the wind out of free radicals in a test tube. But once inside the human body, they seem strangely powerless. Not only are they bad at preventing oxidative damage, they can even make things worse. Many scientists are now concluding that, at best, they are a waste of time and money. At worst they could be harmful.


Läs mer: The antioxidant myth: a medical fairy tale - health - 05 August 2006 - New Scientist
Posted by jorgen on 2007-02-06 14:03

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