Posted on 01/26/2010 9:18:58 AM PST by decimon
Story of O ping.
Long ago in the old country it was part of a doctors secret combo for heart remedy.
Do some research on it, you'll be amazed.
Some day someone will come out with a study claiming too many studies can cause harm.
Interesting
So, do I keep eating my blueberries?
Eat all you want. Just be careful of the side effects.
I have heard that high doses of antioxidants can screw up the actions of some antibiotics. I think those antibiotics work by oxidizing action on the bacteria, so all those antioxidant fruits you eat to keep you healthy also keep your bacteria healthy.
And don’t even get me started on dihydrogen monoxide!
Yeah, sure, you're not using those muscles anyway. ;-)
Not sure if they're talking about small amounts occurring naturally. I think they mean additives but that's just a guess.
Long as you can reach them, I guess.
Wouldn't think of it. You're a pisser as is.
Anti-oxidants are over rated. Not that they aren’t good for you, but it looks like large quantities of them might inhibit the body’s own production of antioxidants. So like your grandmother told you, everything in moderation.
Chocolate? I’ll NEVER give up chocolate for my health.
I admit it. I only scanned the article, however, my 1st thought was “antioxidant” is a pretty broad term. Wonder what combination of antioxidants they’re studying? At what dosages? Are they varying 1000 mg of C with 19 mgs of E, for instance, or 500/C & 10/E and how long was the study? What was the criteria for participants? Do all antioxidants have the same effect or only certain ones? I really wish these press releases would be a little more specific. I’m a sucker for studies, too. I read a lot of them. I’m always cautiously optimistic.
My grandmother didn’t tell me that...she told me that the Kaiser took her hat.
I think she had Alzheimer’s....
I’ve been taking grape seed extract anti-oxidants since 1996. My bad cholesterol dropped 20 points and my good cholesterol zoomed 20 twenty points. My doctor says that he’s never seen an adult male with HDL above 56. Mine routinely tests in the 60 to 65 range.
I have a family history of hypercholesterolemia and family heart attacks in members between 40 and 50. I had a scan a few months ago (I’m 47) and they were shocked to report that I have no blockages in my coronary system.
The Cardioliogist told me that whatever it is I’m doing to keep doing it.
I’m expecting to hear, next, that antioxidants are powerful carcinogins.
Along with Vitamin D, grape based antioxidants (like Resveratrol) have found great favor in the scientific community as of late. Some of the few supplements that seem to really have an easily demonstrable positive effect.
Niacin also has an extremely good effect on the level and balance of cholesterol, presuming that you don’t mind the skin flushing. Taking quercetin about 45 minutes - 1 hours before the niacin, and taking the niacin on a full stomach, will ameliorate the effects.
I seriously question “studies” that damn “anti-oxidants.” Not because the anti-oxidants are the Fountain of Youth, but because usually those studies are funded by drug companies or medical schools that have an interest in keeping people dependent upon doctors and prescription drugs. That’s NOT to say that any particular study must be wrong because I don’t like the conclusion, only that one must first look at who (or what institution) has funded a study before further examining the methods used to determine its validity.
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