Antioxidant Vitamins and Health is about the role played by antioxidant nutrients in the prevention of chronic degenerative diseases and conditions. The book begins with some background on free radicals, the reactive oxygen species generated in vivo, then describes the mechanism of antioxidation and the antioxidant defenses of humans. Each of the succeeding chapters covers a main topic: cardiovascular disease, cancer, cataracts, and aging. The most important epidemiological studies carried out over the past two decades are thoroughly discussed and compared. The results are summarized in a concluding chapter, and an extensive list of references is provided. The book will appeal to researchers in the fields of antioxidants, cardiovascular disease, cancer, cataracts, and aging; nutritional scientists; and students in these disciplines.
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Good survey of the literature,
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This review is from: Antioxidant Vitamins and Health: Cardiovascular Disease, Cancer, Cataracts, and Aging (Hardcover)
An objective discussion of dietary and supplemented antioxidants with regards to major body systems and diseases, including ageing. The major clinical trials on humans are covered, but there is also quite a bit on animal studies. The author worked at Roche, so perhaps it is not surprising that the conclusions make a case for dietary supplements, but to his credit, the author considers studies that are not supportive or are ambiguous. His comment on the weaknesses of some studies are sensible. Because the book covers a wide swath--cardiovascular disease, cancer, cataract, and aging--no one topic is treated in extraordinary depth, although the chapter on cataracts is a chapter that one finds in comparable books.The book is reasonably priced and the presentation is clear.
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