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What? Sure, don't buy the marketing hype but antioxidants ingested via food (as oppposed to pills) is supposed to be beneficial to you. When you say it's "on y
by sushid 9y ago
What? Sure, don't buy the marketing hype but antioxidants ingested via food (as oppposed to pills) is supposed to be beneficial to you.
When you say it's "on your bullshit list" do you mean you don't believe in things like free radicals? Or do you mean that you don't think there's antioxidants in abundant supply in said product?
- maxxxxx 9y agoI believe that food can't be reduced to one ingredient. If something contains antioxidants but also a ton of sugar or other stuff you have take that into account too and see if the net effect is positive or negative. You can't just say food with antioxidants is good for you. It's like eating organic chocolate. It's maybe a little better than regular but it's still chocolate with a ton of sugar so net it's not good for you.
- Symmetry 9y agoThere are sound theoretical reasons to think that antioxidant ingestion ought to be good for you and the antioxidants in your body are certainly important. But all the research I've seen on the matter is that ingesting extra antioxidants has the opposite of the effect you'd expect. I'd guess this is some homeostasis related interaction but I don't think anybody actually knows why.
- wlesieutre 9y agoEven if antioxidants are good for you, I can't see a cup of juice being the optimal way to get them. 160 calories / 8 oz serving. As far as antioxidants themselves are concerned, if you do go the pills route, be sure it's not too much. High levels are linked to increased cancer risk, which is the opposite of what people are going for. How much is too much? I dunno, but I figure the amount I get from drinking tea isn't going to kill me.