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What's so great about antioxidants? I mean what do they really do that's so great for our health?

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Antioxidants are substances found in certain foods that (supposedly) block the process of cells oxidizing (a natural process as we age), which in turn helps prevent cells from getting cancer or a number of other ailments (many deadly). I believe in the science behind antioxidants: lots of fresh fruit and veggies, whole grains, green tea and red wine. That stuff is super-good for your bod!
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EricS
Posted Feb 5th, 2009 at 5:58PM
Whether they do or do not do anything to benefit a human being is of no matter. At the end of the day, it is just another 'buzz' word in the health industry. Nothing more. :)
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DouganAFife
Posted Nov 26th, 2008 at 3:59PM
What do they do? uhhh... just what the word says. They remove toxins and if you haven't heard the talk for the last 100 years toxins are BAD!
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levin60kitty
Posted Feb 5th, 2009 at 5:58PM
Look - if you have an ox and don't want dents in it use and anti -ox-dent. Otherwise forget it

Girl hedonist - I must take offense at you saying the people here have no idea what they are talking about. why, I can cypher up to twenty one when I have my fly open. I consider myself an expert at everything in the world. I spend lots of time pondering the answers I give here. On this one answer I probably spent twenty seconds and got a headache (every time I think my head hurts) We are all kind, generous, giving, loving, experts at eveything. If you have any questions feel free to ask. Where am I anyway? The sky here is purple.
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GirlHedonist
Posted Feb 5th, 2009 at 5:58PM
You do know that search engines like Google bring you back pages with information on them about the topic you're searching for, right?

I mean, why ask a bunch of people who have no idea what they're talking about?
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tearaway
Posted Feb 5th, 2009 at 5:58PM
my caramel coffee packet says: Good to Know: Contains antioxidants which may be beneficial for your health. So nothing "concrete" that's good about antioxidants otherwise Nestle would be plastering it all over their coffee.
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Scully
Posted Feb 5th, 2009 at 5:58PM
Antioxydants are very useful for the body. They're enzymes "catalysts" that fight against the oxydation (from the oxygen that we breathe) of the body, that provoques that we get old (and can also oxydize our cells (I make it short): cancer, bad immunity...etc), they help us fight against our rotten way of life: chemicals, pollution, eating too fat and too much sugar. We need them daily. It's all about the ionic exchange. You find these antioxydants in: some plants (like tea), fruits, veggies, minerals and vitamins.
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