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Speciality Spotlight
Nutrition
/ Antioxidant
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Marilyn Larkin (University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA)
Report bodes ill for antioxidant supplementation
The Lancet 2000; 22 April, 355:p.1433
Insufficient evidence exists to support claims that taking megadoses of vitamin C and E, carotenoids, or other antioxidants can prevent chronic disease, according to a report on Dietary Reference Intakes (DRI) released by the US Institute of Medicine.