Tipton, KS | Kimbon - 3/18/2026 11:10
Do you think taking antioxidant supplements is necessary if someone already follows a Mediterranean diet?
For seniors, as noted in above cite, their "human machinery" is decreasing in function, so yes/no, and/or eating more of the needed antioxidant rich food(s). But, if the bio-means to utilize a a given antioxidant is defective, a waste of money.
For instance, "High doses of vitamin C under study for treating COVID-19 may benefit some populations, but investigators exploring its potential in aging say key factors in effectiveness include levels of the natural transporter needed to get the vitamin inside cells.
https://scitechdaily.com/researchers-find-keys-to-vitamin-cs-effecti...
In other words, if a person does not have increased levels of the natural transporter, mega-dosage of vitamin C is ineffective.
Antioxidant research is fairly new...they don't known all of the specific details of why it works. Clinical trails only suggest this/that antioxidant gets this/these result(s) for many/some/all people
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Side Topic - It has been suggested that antioxidants can change your gut microbiome, and if the right gut microbiome exists, you can have lower cholesterol levels. In medicine, they prescribe statins, but lower cholesterol levels are possible via using antioxidant(s)/diet. Will this work for all humans...Unknown...it might be dependent upon your DNA.
Cholesterol-gobbling gut bacteria could protect against heart disease
Certain microbes in the gut microbiome may guard against heart disease
by lowering people's cholesterol.
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Now, a study published April 2 in the journal Cell has shown that
bacteria in the genus Oscillibacter break down cholesterol and that
people who carry more of those bacteria have lower cholesterol levels
than people with fewer of those microbes.
https://www.livescience.com/health/heart-circulation/cholesterol-gob...
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Antioxidant Supplements: What You Need To Know
