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Originally Posted by stanmrak  You'll find that the "science" behind nutritional theories to be totally contradictory. What one study concludes is completely invalidated by another study. And you're not going to get enough information about all the parameters of any study to tell the good ones from the bad ones. So don't worry about the science too much - you'll go crazy. Antioxidant Research: Making Sense Out of the Contradictions |
Actually I think that this article is kind of stupid. It is as contradictory as this. The FDA limits a supplement to 99 mg of potassium. A doctor will never give you more than 200 mg of potassium at one time since you may need to be rushed to the hospital.
This is not a theory but from observations. But you can eat 2 bananas right now with 800 mg of potassium or eat 2 avocados with 2,400mg and that is fine. So is it a contradiction that 2,400 mg is OK but 200 mg is too much?
Not at all. It is explained in the link I left about superior nutrition. 200 mg of potassium is not a whole food. A banana is a whole food. Modern medicine can play dumb and say that the above is an unknown mystery of God.
But many NDs know that there is a big difference between a chemical isolate (they are extracted with chemical reactions) [I used to be a chemist] and a whole food. The keyword here is synergy.
Synergy is where the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. So which is better the front half of a dissected car or the back half? Neither of them can be driven. But a whole car can be driven.
The conclusion of the article is simple, not contradictory. Eat
foods high in anti-oxidants that were created by God or nature, but do not take
chemical isolates like anti-oxidants that were created by man. There is a difference!
That article hints about the above. It says "Furthermore, antioxidants don't work their magic in isolation — they work together as a team. The principal benefits of antioxidants seems to come from the consumption of a wide array of them; so, if you are supplementing your diet with antioxidants, it's best to eat antioxidant-rich foods with the supplements."