Antioxidants in nutrition, health, and disease
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Antioxidants in nutrition, health, and disease
Oxford University Press, 1994
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In recent years, there has been an explosion of interest about the use of `antioxidant' nutritional supplements. Do they really defend the body against diseases? Should we all be taking vitamin E, vitamin C, or more of certain polyunsaturated fats?
Written by two leading experts in the field of free radicals in biology and medicine, this book unravels the confusion caused by many nutrition-related claims, and clarifies the situation over whether maintaining high intakes of vitamins, minerals, and other food consituents really does help protect against life-threatening diseases.
Table of Contents
- i) Oxygen, the breath of life or oxygen, the first toxic oxidizing air pollutant
- ii) Metals and oxygen: Respiration, oxidation, and oxygen toxicity
- iii) Antioxidants: elixirs of life or media hype
- v) Oxidative stress
- vi) Free radicals and antioxidants in ageing and disease: Fact or fantasy?
- vii) Free radicals and cardiovascular disease
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