R.A.S HEMAT, MB;BCh, FRCSI, DUL.

Vitamin E was once believed to be a mystery vitamin without deficiency symptoms.

Antioxidants work together in concert (antioxidant synergism). Antioxidants can regenerate other antioxidants.

Antioxidants can stop or slow each of the steps in cancer development. Antioxidants can reduce the chances of metastasis and boost the immune system.

Inflammation involves superoxide anion free radical. Free radicals are needed for energy production.

Different organs seem to age at different rates in different people. Centenarians have substantially higher levels of antioxidants and lower levels of free radicals in their blood, compared with people between the ages of 70-99.

There is no vitamin A in carrots or any other vegetables, only carotenoids which is converted into vitamin A in the body. Vitamin A is found only in animals.

Vitamin E, vitamin C, selenium, a-lipoic acid, and ferulic acid (an antioxidant found in Pycnogenol) have each been shown to improve fertility.

Vitamin C decreases pain and increases life expectancy in cancer patients.

CoQ₁₀ helps to convert food to energy, is a powerful antioxidant, and may help prevent the recurrence of breast cancer.

NADH is a complex compound built around vitamin B₃ (niacinamide, nicotinamide)....etc

August, 2000

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