Antioxidant Analysis: Measuring Disease Fighters

摘要

Food scientists have known the benefits of antioxidants in natural and formulated foods for a long time, but in these days of "healthy food diet" promotion, almost all consumers can also tell you the "health benefits" of antioxidants in foods they eat: A diet high in antioxidants may reduce the risk of many diseases, including such cancers as stomach, prostate, colon, bladder, breast, pancreas, and lung. Flavonoids, such as catechins in green tea, contribute to low rates of heart disease. Lutein, found in spinach and corn, has been linked with a lower incidence of eye lens degeneration and associated blindness in the elderly. Vitamin E can halt the oxidation of LDL ("bad") cholesterol.