[pct-l] Tart Cherries vs Vitamin I

[Jennifer Zimmerman]

I agree. The idea that ingesting antioxidants translates to better
health seems to be one that is widely accepted without solid scientific
evidence to back it up.  I find it especially hard to believe that
fortifying processed foods with antioxidants delivers the same sort of
benefits (if any) as whole foods that naturally contain them.

This pseudoscience bothers me a lot less than some others, though, because
I don't see much downside to promoting more fruits and veggies in our diets.

On Friday, December 7, 2012, Brick Robbins wrote:

> On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 8:24 AM, Nathan Miller <erccmacfitheal at yahoo.com<javascript:;>>
> wrote:
> > Anyway, you might also look up which antioxidants do what.  Foods with
> nice colors, particularly red, orange, purple, and blue, will be high in
> antioxidants.  Then there's green tea.  I've heard that roibos tea also has
> anti-inflammatory properties.<
>
> The ideas that anti-oxidants and vitamins are automatically "good for
> you" makes sense, but the truth is a lot more complicated than that.
> The reality is that things like Cancer actual like to have their
> vitamins and antioxidants too.
>
> http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/74/4/555.2.full
>
> Also relying on plants for their medicinal chemicals is a bit risky,
> because the actual quantity of the active ingredients vary greatly
> from crop to crop.
>
> Eating lots of varied fresh fruits and vegetables is undeniably good
> for you, but focusing on this months fad health food probably isn't
> going to do anyone any good except for the companies selling it.
>
> all IMHO, YMMV, HYOH
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