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Vitamin C can improve skeletal muscle fatigue in COPD patients

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease—a health problem in which the lungs lose their inherent springiness, making it progressively harder to breathe—can have a dramatic effect on the ability to exercise and even perform simple activities of daily life because of the disease's fallout effects on skeletal muscles.

8 Nov 2013

Higher chocolate consumption associated with lower levels of total fat

Scientists at the University of Granada have disproved the old idea that chocolate is fattening, in a study reported this week in Nutrition. Higher chocolate consumption associated with lower levels of total fat—fat deposits all over the body—and central—abdominal—fat, independently of whether or not subjects are physically active, and of their diet.

8 Nov 2013

Tea helps promote weight loss and improve bone health

Decades worth of research shows that tea-the second most consumed beverage in the world-may help prevent chronic illnesses, including heart disease, certain types of cancer and type 2 diabetes. New research shows tea has been found to help promote weight loss and maintain a healthy weight, improve bone health and activate areas of the brain that bolster attention, problem solving and mood.

7 Nov 2013

Common catalyst cerium oxide opens door to nanochemistry for medicine

Scientists at Rice University are enhancing the natural antioxidant properties of an element found in a car's catalytic converter to make it useful for medical applications.

16 Oct 2013

Men who didn't exercise more likely to have dysfunctional HDL

There's no question that high levels of good cholesterol-also known as high-density lipoprotein -seem to be protective against heart disease. Rather than depositing fat into the blood vessels the way the "bad" cholesterol (low-density lipoprotein does, HDL appears to carry cholesterol away from blood vessels to the liver. From there, the liver processes it for removal from the body.

13 Oct 2013

Deficiency of antioxidant response protein prevents hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

University of Utah researchers have found that deficiency of an antioxidant response protein called nuclear erythroid-2 like factor-2 (Nrf2) delays or prevents hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a type of a heart failure in which the heart muscle grows abnormally thick.

12 Oct 2013

Study associates high polyphenols intake with 30% reduction in mortality in older adults

It is the first time that a scientific study associates high polyphenols intake with a 30% reduction in mortality in older adults. The research, published on Journal of Nutrition, is the first to evaluate the total dietary polyphenol intake by using a nutritional biomarker and not only a food frequency questionnaire.

10 Oct 2013

Researchers study link between newborn infections and later behavior problems

Researchers exploring the link between newborn infections and later behavior and movement problems have found that inflammation in the brain keeps cells from accessing iron that they need to perform a critical role in brain development.

9 Oct 2013

NAC amino acid may offer new treatment options for psychiatric disorders

Improved understanding of the roles of inflammation and oxidative stress in psychiatric disorders has generated new leads in the search for novel therapies. One such investigative compound currently in clinical trials is an amino acid, N-Acetyl Cysteine (NAC), which appears to reduce the core symptoms of bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, depression, autism and cravings in addictions including cocaine, cannabis abuse and cigarette smoking.

8 Oct 2013

$Binge drinking can impair healing process following bone fracture$

Binge drinking can impair healing process following bone fracture

Physicians have long observed that binge drinking can significantly impair the healing process following a bone fracture.

7 Oct 2013

Bioactive compounds in carrot can be used as antiviral for treatment against flu

Researchers from the FEMSA Center of Biotechnology at Technologic of Monterrey (ITESM) designed a technology that uses grated carrot to obtain phenolic compounds that have a potential to prevent cancer, and cardiovascular and neurodegenerative diseases.

5 Oct 2013

Selenium in plants causes mortality and delays development in honey bee, say researchers

Traditionally, honey bee research has focused on environmental stressors such as pesticides, pathogens and diseases. Now a research team led by entomologists at the University of California, Riverside has published a study that focuses on an anthropogenic pollutant: selenium (Se).

4 Oct 2013

Resveratrol worsens MS-like neuropathology and inflammation, study finds

Resveratrol, a naturally occurring polyphenol compound produced by the skin of red grapes and peanuts, and found in red wine, has been touted as a beneficial supplement due to its anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties.

1 Oct 2013

Life-prolonging effect of vitamin niacin demonstrated in roundworms

Who would not want to live a long and healthy life? A freely available food supplement could help in this respect, scientists from ETH Zurich have demonstrated in roundworms. Vitamin B3 - also known as niacin - and its metabolite nicotinamide in the worms' diet caused them to live for about one tenth longer than usual.

1 Oct 2013

Mexican scientists reveal aflatoxins relationship with cervical and liver cancer in humans

Mexican scientists identified and quantified the amount of aflatoxins (carcinogenic) in food such as corn tortilla, rice, chili pepper, processed sauces, chicken breast and eggs, and revealed its relationship with cervical and liver cancer in humans.

1 Oct 2013

Study: Fruit and vegetable consumption reduces all-cause mortality

A European study analyzes the relationship between fruit and vegetable consumption and the risk of mortality. As previous research has already suggested, this study concludes that fruit and vegetable consumption reduces all-cause mortality, and especially cardiovascular disease mortality.

26 Sep 2013

Redd Remedies earns Better Nutrition Magazine's Best of Supplements Award for Gouch!

Redd Remedies, a leading provider of natural, condition-specific, health and wellness supplements, is this year's recipient of Better Nutrition Magazine's Best of Supplements Award with its all-natural, gluten-free Gouch!.

25 Sep 2013

DASH diet improves heart function, lowers blood pressure in heart failure patients

Diet can dramatically lower hypertension and improve heart function in patients with a common type of heart failure, according to research presented at today's Heart Failure Society of America meeting in Orlando, Fla.

25 Sep 2013

Apple impregnated with tangerine juice reduces risk of cardiovascular disease in obese children

Researchers at the Universitat de València, Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), Doctor Peset University Hospital and the Institute of Agrochemistry and Food Technology of CSIC have designed and tested the effectiveness of a new apple snack impregnated with tangerine juice that reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease in obese children and improves their physiological well-being.

23 Sep 2013

Dog food preservative may prevent nerve damage in patients taking chemotherapy

Working with cells in test tubes and in mice, researchers at Johns Hopkins have discovered that a chemical commonly used as a dog food preservative may prevent the kind of painful nerve damage found in the hands and feet of four out of five cancer patients taking the chemotherapy drug Taxol.

20 Sep 2013

Antioxidant News and Research

Latest Antioxidant News and Research

Vitamin C can improve skeletal muscle fatigue in COPD patients

Higher chocolate consumption associated with lower levels of total fat

Tea helps promote weight loss and improve bone health

Common catalyst cerium oxide opens door to nanochemistry for medicine

Men who didn't exercise more likely to have dysfunctional HDL

Deficiency of antioxidant response protein prevents hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Study associates high polyphenols intake with 30% reduction in mortality in older adults

Researchers study link between newborn infections and later behavior problems

NAC amino acid may offer new treatment options for psychiatric disorders

Binge drinking can impair healing process following bone fracture

Bioactive compounds in carrot can be used as antiviral for treatment against flu

Selenium in plants causes mortality and delays development in honey bee, say researchers

Resveratrol worsens MS-like neuropathology and inflammation, study finds

Life-prolonging effect of vitamin niacin demonstrated in roundworms

Mexican scientists reveal aflatoxins relationship with cervical and liver cancer in humans

Study: Fruit and vegetable consumption reduces all-cause mortality

Redd Remedies earns Better Nutrition Magazine's Best of Supplements Award for Gouch!

DASH diet improves heart function, lowers blood pressure in heart failure patients

Apple impregnated with tangerine juice reduces risk of cardiovascular disease in obese children

Dog food preservative may prevent nerve damage in patients taking chemotherapy

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Antioxidant News and Research

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Unveiling Hidden Potential: Organoids for Disease Modeling in Neuroscience Research

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