pimg class=”alignright” title=”Vitamins” alt=”vitamins 1″ src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA%202012/vitamins-1.jpg” width=”320″ height=”213″ /If you pay attention to science journalism, you#8217;ve probably heard tell that antioxidant supplements have mostly negative effects on health markers, ranging from impaired training adaptations in response to exercise, extreme hypoglycemia, and even cancer. At their best, these reports say, antioxidants are merely useless and totally ineffective./p
pSo, is this true? Are antioxidants harmful? Are they effective?/p
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pLet#8217;s examine some of the specific claims made about antioxidant supplements./p
h3Do antioxidants erase the beneficial effects of exercise?/h3
pSometimes they reduce them, sometimes they enhance them, and sometime they have a neutral effect. It depends on several factors./p
pstrongIt depends on your baseline oxidative stress status./strong Giving antioxidant supplements to heart disease patients on an exercise regimen a title=”Do antioxidant vitamins ameliorate the beneficial effects of exercise training on insulin sensitivity?” href=”http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21427602″ target=”_blank”did not reduce the benefits of exercise/a. CHD patients typically have a title=”Astaxanthin, oxidative stress, inflammation […]

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