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• n  substance that inhibits oxidation or inhibits reactions promoted by oxygen or peroxides

• Neither the aspirin nor the antioxidant did any better than the placebo in reducing the incidence of heart attack or stroke.
• Tomatoes contain lycopene, probably the most powerful antioxidant among the carotenoids, the compounds that turn fruits and veggies deep orange.
• Which is the truly rich antioxidant berry, the blackberry (very tart and amorphous in shape, as shown) or the raspberry (sweet and circular in shape)?.

News & Articles

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• Hepatitis A outbreak: Townsend Farms passes health inspections
  The point of the inspection was to ensure that no employee had become infected by the Organic Antioxidant Blend or, in turn, passed the virus to friends or family.
  June 14, 2013 - The Oregonian
• Readers Respond to "The Myth of Antioxidants"
  ANTIOXIDANTS AND HEALTH [More]
  June 14, 2013 - Scientific American
• Class-action lawsuit filed over hepatitis A outbreak linked to frozen berries
  A New Mexico man filed a class-action lawsuit on behalf of several people sickened with hepatitis A from eating a frozen berry mix. The plaintiff in the case is Anthony McConaghy, of Albuquerque, who was exposed to hepatitis A after eating Townsend Farms Organic Antioxidant Blend. Similar class-action suits were filed Wednesday in all eight states where the outbreak happened. To date, 99 have ...
  June 13, 2013 - KOAT Albuquerque

Quotes

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• John Tower in Science Daily (press release)
  I wanted to figure out a model to explain the sex-specific effects we saw in the antioxidant and p53 gene studies,Tower said.
• Andrew Weil in WFIE-TV
  Basically, it's got a very high content of powerful antioxidant compounds that help boost the body's defenses against cancer, heart disease, other chronic diseases,Eating Well for Optimum Health author Dr. Andrew Weil said.