Understanding the Antioxidant Controversy Scrutinizing the "Fountain of Youth"

Subjects:

• Health/Medicine » Health/Medicine (General)
• Health/Medicine » Nutrition
• Women's Studies » Women's Health
• Science » Science (General)

Awards:

• 2008 Will Solimene Award for Excellence in Medical Communication

Reviews:

• Packed with information, this slim volume places the subject of antioxidants in a broader context. Early chapters provide detailed, well-referenced discussions of dietary supplement and nutrition topics, including scientific history, regulatory and legal aspects, and epidemiology. Research scientist Milbury (Tufts) and dietitian Richer (Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, MA) then describe the oxidation process. Readers will need some background in chemistry to follow this section, which quickly becomes quite complex. Having explained the vast size and controversies of antioxidant research, the authors summarize the most important findings. Recommendations follow for many popular supplements, including vitamins C and E, carotenoids, flavonoids, and selenium. Extensive tables compare current dietary guidelines. Supplementing the text are diagrams, a glossary, a recommended Web sites list, and hundreds of references. Although many books deal with antioxidant supplements, the majority are written for a general audience and do not address the science, history, and regulatory issues....Highly recommended. Lower-level undergraduates through health professionals; researchers from various disciplines.
  —Choice May 2008

• Endorsement From Robert M. Russell, MD Director, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center: This volume represents an up-to-date and comprehensive reference on an important and sometimes confusing topic....Welcome information for health practitioners and anyone else who is trying to understand the conflicting messages that have come out on these intriguing compounds. With a thorough review of the data and critical interpretation, this book is timely, authoritative and necessary... Health practitioners will find the information contained in this book to be interesting and important when counseling their patients on diets, as well as when and how much to take of antioxidant dietary supplements. Reliable nutritional advice for patients can only be given by health practitioners who are well-informed, and it is this book that provides the information needed on antioxidants.
• Endorsement From Paul Ernsberger, Ph.D. Department of Nutrition, Case Western Reserve University: More reports are coming out in scientific journals showing a lack of benefit from antioxidant vitamin supplements, and some have reported harm. Milbury and Richer carefully pick their way through this minefield of conflicting and confusing results. The book is extensively documented, with an extensive bibliography that cites many fascinating works, some of which have been overlooked by other writers.

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