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Antioxidants May Make Cancer Worse

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Re: Antioxidants May Make Cancer Worse

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The article just talks about antioxidant supplements being harmful, not naturally occurring antioxidants from sources such as coffee. That's good. Don't ruin coffee for me, please science. I don't really understand the whole supplement craze. To me, it feels like common sense not to megadose any particular thing, especially when you don't understand the effects said thing can have on the body.

To me, it feels like common sense not to megadose any particular thing, especially when you don't understand the effects said thing can have on the body. This is a great comment, and hits the nail on the head. I've spent much of the past 10 years trying to understand and overcome a somewhat mysterious fatigue illness that seems most likely to be a general autoimmune condition. One of the approaches I've tried along t…

> a deficiency in any nutrient is less to do with a lack of it in the diet and more to do with the body's ability/willingness to absorb and utilise it

I too have come to realise this. Many times when I have been eating well, good quality food with plenty of variety, I catch a heavy cold that puts me out of action for at least a couple of days. Other times I have eaten like crap for weeks at a time, living off of pizza and fast food, skipping meals, and been around sick people and still don't catch anything. I have seen this pattern repeat over and over throughout my life.

Re: Antioxidants May Make Cancer Worse

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I read an interesting interview a while ago. Among other things it mentions that "The beta-carotene that is produced synthetically is a single isomer -- a very straight molecule called "all-trans" beta-carotene. Beta-carotene that is found in nature frequently consists of both the straight "all-trans" molecule and a variety of bent molecules that contain what are called "cis" double bonds."

http://drpasswater.com/nutrition_library/carotenoids_intervi...

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