[psiga]

goose i hate you but

no i guess thats it
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[psiga]

I'd earnestly love to contribute to this thread, but I don't eat reasonably, so it's a wash. Good luck, DAIS!
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[psiga]

Antioxidants are only useful if they're right where oxidation is happening. For the most part, this is only vitally important right up in the mitochondria, which are the body's little power plants. The antioxidants that you ingest in...stuff, whatever, are not likely to get there. I mean, it MIGHT help fight oxidation in other parts of the body, but most of those parts are expendable, insofar as they'll regenerate without mucking anything up.

Stuff that contains antioxidants among other things, like green tea, or oranges, or whatever, are still very good for you, just for different reasons.
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[psiga]

If I recall correctly, the problem is that as each mitochondrion burns its fuel, it will intermittently misfire a bit, sending out a free-radical that will pull shit from other molecules in order to find stability. This happens right by the little power plant, so they are damaged over time by the free-radicals.

If antioxidants are, for example, injected into that region specifically, then it extends the functional lifespan of the mitochondria. But, to my knowledge, there ain't anythin' that you can casually eat or pill-pop in order to get that same effect.

So yeah: Marketing hype is marketing hype.
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