MrsJim
12-12-2005, 12:36 AM
From today's SF Chronicle:
Experts Urge Less Focus on Antioxidants (http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/12/11/national/a091200S52.DTL)
Stop fretting about antioxidants, nutrition experts say, and start eating for balance and variety.
Healthy diets are like healthy investment portfolios — diversified, says John Erdman Jr., a professor of internal medicine at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Eating a variety of produce and whole grains ensures the best mix of all nutrients.
There's probably not much harm in eating a lot of blueberries, but that can't be said of all antioxidant-rich foods. The calories in fruit juice and alcohol, for example, add up quickly and obesity negates the benefits of even the healthiest foods.
Experts Urge Less Focus on Antioxidants (http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/12/11/national/a091200S52.DTL)
Stop fretting about antioxidants, nutrition experts say, and start eating for balance and variety.
Healthy diets are like healthy investment portfolios — diversified, says John Erdman Jr., a professor of internal medicine at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Eating a variety of produce and whole grains ensures the best mix of all nutrients.
There's probably not much harm in eating a lot of blueberries, but that can't be said of all antioxidant-rich foods. The calories in fruit juice and alcohol, for example, add up quickly and obesity negates the benefits of even the healthiest foods.