Abstract: Antioxidant action to aord a health benefit or increased well-being may not be directly exerted by quick reduction-oxidation (REDOX) reactions between the antioxidant and the pro-oxidant molecules in a living being. Furthermore, not all flavonoids or polyphenols derived from plants are beneficial.antioxidants-08-00373

Abstract: Recent evidence revealed extra skeleton activity of vitamin D, including prevention from cardiometabolic diseases and cancer development as well as anti-inflammatory properties. It is worth noting that vitamin D deficiency is very common and may be associated with the pathogenesis of insulin-resistance-related diseases, including obesity and diabetes.

The EPIC-Oxford study followed 48,188 men and women for about 18 years, between the ages of 20 and 59 at the time of inclusion, dividing them between consumers of meat (in addition to fish, milk and dairy products and eggs), consumers of fish but not meat and vegetarian (occasional consumers of dairy products and eggs, […]