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It has been almost a year since United States Department of Agriculture took down its ORAC database. Now that this official reference point is gone, does this measure of antioxidant potential still have relevance in the marketplace? 
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A South Korean study evaluating the antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of tea extracts found that green tea showed the highest antioxidant activity in most tests and potent antimicrobial activity.
Ray and Terry's 's insight:
Green tea contains 1/4 the caffeine of coffee and also provides l-theanine, a calming agent. Plus the active extract (EGCG) has been studied for its additional amazing health properties, including the ability to help prevent cancerous activity in the cells.
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"My paternal grandmother lived to be 101. At the time of her death, she was not taking any prescription medicines..."
Are some people genetically predisposed to need prescription drugs? Are some more dependent on antioxidants than others? There may be nutrient-gene interactions that affect our health.
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Why Do Homocysteine-Lowering B Vitamin and Antioxidant E Vitamin Supplementations Appear To Be Ineffective in the Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases?
A review published in Cardiovascular Therapeutics examined recent reports of ineffective vitamin supplements. They found that some of the studies were poorly designed and inconclusive. There may have been complications due to subjects medications, as well.
The report concludes that vitamin use for cardiovascular disease cannot be scientifically rejected based solely on these studies. The authors believe that further research should be conducted to investigate the uses of vitamins for disease prevention.
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Studies have shown that even a simple daily multivitamin can make a considerable difference in our long-term health. Most resources on the web just give us the same information rehashed into different words.
The author explains some of the less well-known supplements and how they affect and benefit your body.
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Countering some minor concerns (see our sidebar, “Coffee concerns: minor at most”), growing evidence indicate that coffee is probably a preventive-health powerhouse.
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A new animal study indicates that carnosine helped mediate rheumatoid arthritis effects. Oxidative stress plays an integral part in arthritis. Carnosine and other antioxidant compounds can help ameliorate the symptoms through their free radical scavenging activity.
The study found: Thus we can conclude that oxidative stress plays an important role in AA and could be controlled by suitable combination therapy of MTX and an antioxidant substance, as demonstrated for carnosine.
Reference: Interdiscip Toxicol. 2012 June; 5(2): 84–91. Published online 2012 June. doi: 10.2478/v10102-012-0015-4 PMCID: PMC3485659 Pharmacological influence on processes of adjuvant arthritis: Effect of the combination of an antioxidant active substance with methotrexate Frantisek Drafi,1 Katarina Bauerova,1 Viera Kuncirova,1 Silvester Ponist,1 Danica Mihalova,1 Tatiana Fedorova,2 Juraj Harmatha,3 and Radomir Nosal1
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Increasing dietary intake of certain antioxidants could help to cut the risk of developing pancreatic cancer by up to two thirds, according to new research.
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Alpha lipoic acid (ALA) is a potent antioxidant also used by the body to convert blood sugar into energy.
Emerging research indicates that ALA may have neuroprotective qualities and help to repair nerve damage and maintain healthy vision.
ALA combines synergistically with both glutathione and CoQ10 to maximize free radical protection...
These are just two of the mounting studies on ALA and glucose management:
--ALA helps prevent the oxidative stress that is linked to impaired glucose management. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21255807
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It is not a definitive prevention and more research is needed to elucidate the health benefits. However, chocolate (the purer the better) may help keep the colon healthier.
"Chocolate is rich in a particular variety of plant polyphenols which are powerful natural antioxidants. Though many plant foods contain polyphenols, chocolate seems to have particular potent health-promoting and disease fighting effects. These compounds include procyanidins, catechins and epicatec...
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Using the ORAC scale to understand antioxidant content in relative terms can still be useful. Comparing foods on this scale provides information that you can use to rank foods and evaluate the health benefits of a particular fruit or benefit in relation to others.