This potentially cancer - inducing oxidative damage might be prevented or limited by
dietary antioxidants found in fruit and vegetables.
Not exact matches
One study published in the American Academy of Optometry's Optometry & Vision Science journal
found that using goji berry daily as a
dietary supplementation for 90 days increases plasma zeaxanthin and
antioxidant levels significantly, which protect eyes from hypopigmentation and accumulation of oxidative stress compounds that can damage the macula.
SUMMARY: Plenty of studies
find anti-inflammatory effects of
dietary antioxidants such as green tea for chronic disease.
Mexican researchers
found that due to its high content of oleic acid and
antioxidants,
dietary avocado oil reduces kidney damage associated with diabetes, as well as harmful effects to the diabetic liver.
These
findings were presented Monday, April 28, at the «
Dietary Bioactive Components:
Antioxidant and Anti-inflammatory Effects of
Dietary Bioactive Components» section of the annual meeting of the American Society of Nutrition, which is being held in conjunction with the Experimental Biology 2014 meeting in San Diego.
The importance of
dietary antioxidants has been shown in countless studies, which
find that the more you eat the lower your risk of diseases like cancer will be...
Dietary antioxidants such as anthocyanins, flavonoids
found in the blue pigments of Wild Blueberries, have the ability to neutralize free radicals and help prevent cell damage.
Building on the
findings that
dietary polyphenols have
antioxidant agents and may improve cognitive function researchers from the National Institute of Mental Health Neurosciences in Bangalore hypothesized that the cocoa and polyphenol contents in chocolate may have similar qualities.
Indeed, in many of the studies where
antioxidant supplementation was
found to be harmful, the doses of
antioxidants consumed were five to 17 times greater than the recommended
dietary allowance (RDA).
These
findings also suggested that to improve their nutrition and health, consumers should consume
antioxidants from fruits and vegetables, instead of
dietary supplements.