What Are Antioxidant Vitamins?

There are antioxidant vitamins that are found in fruits, vegetables, teas and supplements and these are considered as powerful agents in the fight against disease causing free radicals.

The original concept involves taking the recommended daily allowance (RDA) of vitamins to a level that would prevent acute deficiency diseases like the Sailor’s disease scurvy. In fact, the RDA’s were created by these very standards.

However, in recent years, research has shown that Vitamins taken in higher doses can prevent sever chronic diseases like cancer and heart disease. While a debate still rages, there is a plethora of research being done on Vitamin A, C, E, the antioxidant vitamins.

A National Institute of Health clinical trial involving people at high risk of developing advanced stages of Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD), showed that patients’ risk decreased by 25 percent when treated with high doses of antioxidant vitamins and zinc.

Another study at the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta showed that taking Vitamin E along with multivitamins reduced risk from stroke and heart illness. Among patients who took the combination, mortality risk decreased by 15 percent for these two diseases.

Vitamin C may fight cancer and this has been concluded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and it was a study that investigates the relationship between cancer and Vitamin C. They found, in a laboratory setting, that high doses of Vitamin C injected directly into the bloodstream killed cancer cells.

Though the current RDA for Vitamin C is stuck at 60 mg, many researchers suggest that raising the RDA to between 100 and 200 mg would be a great way for people to get the antioxidants that they need to maintain overall well being.

Be careful when purchasing vitamins and supplements though. Research has shown that whole food vitamins or vitamins with their co-factors, are much more effective than isolated nutrients. A complex process of thousands of chemical reactions within our bodies is nutrition. When it comes to vitamins, they are always better when they are in their natural state which means in the foods we eat. You should never use supplements in place of a poor diet.

In order to supplement an already good diet for the times you can’t get everything you need at meal time, the smart choice is to look for whole food vitamins.

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