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Tipton, KS | National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) suggests in cite below, "Don’t use antioxidant supplements to replace a healthy diet or conventional medical care, or as a reason to postpone seeing a health care provider about a medical problem."
>healthy diet
If a person was on a Mediterranean diet, then most likely, nutritional supplements (pills) would not be needed since this diet has different types of antioxidants being consumed.
From my shallow dive into taking antioxidant supplements, if not taking mega-dose supplements, then no harm. All these antioxidants do is to reduce oxidative stress by neutralizing free radicals, and help repair damaged DNA and cell structures. "For high doses of one antioxidant, beta-carotene, may increase the risk of lung cancer." Hence, mega-dosage of one antioxidant can be a detriment to your health.
NCCIH is being conservative in their findings, but most people don't get a "healthy diet."
According to some studies, coffee is the single biggest source of antioxidants in the Western diet, but this is partly because the average individual doesn't eat that many antioxidant-rich foods."
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Antioxidant Supplements: What You Need To Know
https://www.nccih.nih.gov/health/antioxidant-supplements-what-you-ne...
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Antioxidant Supplements: What You Need To Know
