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Taking antioxidant supplements containing beta-carotene, vitamin E, and vitamin A may be linked to an increased risk of death, according to a 2007 review and meta-analysis of 68 trials including a total of 232,606 participants.Antioxidant supplements contain 70–1,660% of the daily value (DV) of these key nutrients (4, 5). It’s commonly thought that taking antioxidant supplements prevents the damage caused by free.
Antioxidant superfoods don’t exist. The best way to get enough antioxidants is to eat the recommended amount of fruits and vegetables. There’s no evidence to suggest that antioxidant supplements can improve health, and in some cases, they can be dangerous.The Truth About Antioxidant Supplements.
By Cindy Kuzma. Apr 9, 2012 They were supposed to be wonder-drugs that prolonged your life. Now, there’s evidence that antioxidant supplements don’t.So, antioxidant supplements (as with many other supplements) are worth it – but again, just never take them in excess!
Best Antioxidant Supplements DACHA Nutrition Natural Liposomal Vitamin C ($15).Glutathione is a powerful antioxidant. It’s safe to say that it’s also one of the most important.
It plays a vital role to your health and fighting against serious diseases such as cancer, Parkinson’s, and fatty liver disease. (source) Reduces Potential Oxidative Stress.Obviously, our endogenous antioxidant systems are not the only mechanisms by which we can attenuate oxidative stress; many of the foods we eat have an abundance of antioxidants, and many forms of antioxidant supplements are commercially available. So, let’s take a look at the available research on antioxidant supplementation and exercise.
Antioxidants: Skip them an excess of these has been linked to an increased risk of certain cancers, and you can eat berries instead. Vitamins A, C, and E are antioxidants found in plentiful form in many fruits especially berries and veggies, and they’ve been touted for their alleged ability to protect against cancer.No.
Essential nutrients with antioxidant properties such as vitamin C, vitamin E, and selenium are absorbed and utilized by the human body. The article above focuses on non-nutrient.The Vitamin Verdict The researchers concluded that multivitamins don’t reduce the risk for heart disease, cancer, cognitive decline (such as memory loss and slowed-down thinking) or an early death.
They also noted that in prior studies, vitamin E and beta-carotene supplements appear to be harmful, especially at high doses.Feb. 27, 2007 – Use of the popular antioxidant supplements beta-carotene, vitamin E, or vitamin A slightly increases a person’s risk of death, an overview of.Current evidence does not support the use of antioxidant supplements, it’s better to get them from a diet rich in fruit and vegetables.
There’s no magic bullet and high doses of supplements can be harmful.Do you need a supplement? Current evidence does not support the use of antioxidant supplements, it’s better to get them from a diet rich in fruit and vegetables.
There’s no magic bullet and high doses of supplements can be harmful.Other research has indicated that antioxidant supplements may help reduce vision loss due to age-related macular degeneration in older people.A 2014 analysis published in the journal Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition & Metabolic Care found that dietary phytochemicals (most of which are antioxidants) can be beneficial for the prevention of heart disease, diabetes, cancer, and dementia/cognition issue s.
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Do not use iron and calcium supplements. Calcium is already heavy in the diet, if you have issues cut out oxalates and phytayes (grains, legumes, spinach, kale).
If you have anaemia you need copper, zinc, Folate and B12 not iron.
Creatine is good to take becuase it halves your daily methylation, especially good for people with MTHFR SNP.
Co enzyme Q10 and carnitine are also extremely good, for this eat organ meat (cow heart).
Melatonin is stupid to supplement, take tryptophan rich food (cheese) and some berries at your evening meal to get tryptophan into the brain, it will help you sleep. And also you need vitamin D3.
Saint John’s Wort is used to stimulate the expression of the genes that produce cytochrome P450 enzymes (CYP34A and CYP2D6), increasing hepatic clearance.
Wait beet root is a supplement?
it’s just food isn’t it…:D
The only people who are pregnant are women. Stop the PC crap.
What antioxidant do you recommend for anti-aging from this list?
So I should probably have more folic acid (I’m not pregnant)
And I’m pretty sure I’ll never overdose on freaking serotonin
Humans are obligate carnivores, in the wild our “leafy green” consumption would’ve been almost nothing (and plant food in general limited) our guts arent designed for the amount of fruit (sugar) and vegetable (also sugar) we’re currently struggling to digest. Antioxidants are more in the placebo category, but honestly any health craze from the 1980’s thats still in practice today needs to be dismissed as the pseudoscience that it is.��
Talk to your doctor yeah sure, the same bunch a people who touted smoking as being beneficial, you betcha. Doctors tell you what makes them money.
Or like, maybe we didn’t evolve our bodies in a way that makes supplements a viable source of nutrients. Pretty sure cavemen didn’t run down to some vitamin store to pick up a bottle of gel capsules filled with extracted nutrients. Then again, maybe I’m biased because I would rather eat a colorful diet than spend money on random pills.
Doctors don’t specilize human metabolizism. When you’re young, your metabolism is roaring. You are growing, which uses energy, and your smaller frame has more surface area, so you lose heat, which uses energy, and you are sometimes more active. You need more food per pound of body wieght when you are younger, but your mind thinks it needs to eat like that your whole life. After the age of twenty five, or younger, your body is done doing any growing, and such. So after that, you need less food. Also, every single person is either getting fatter, or thinner. The body doesn’t stay a set weight. Every year you age, your body needs less food, calorie wise, but you still nutrients. As most of you might know, you seem to gain weight, regardless of what you do. Honestly, mos of us over eat, but it doesn’t help that each year your body needs, less, and less energy.By the time you reach your mid thirties, you hardly need to eat, unless you are doing hard physical labor nine hours a day. Okay, how many people are their ideal weight? You? really? You big liar. As you grow older, you lose muscle mass, so you need less calories. So, the simple truth is, you barely need to eat. This is the truth. Try it some times on vacation. Wake up, eat a bowl of dry cereal, and plain coffee. Eat a bowl of dry cereal, and a apple for luch. Then have a very light meal for supper. After two weeks you will lose weight, but you will still be over weight. What is the real pain in the ass is, once you stop taking in calories, your body goes, “Holy smack, I’m starving, and it lowers your metabolism. Bummer man. You get low blood sugar, and might start to beat your kids, but you will not go to you ideal weight. Hey, you might say, “Hey dumb ass, I weight the same as I did when I was sixteen.” Yeah, you also so had twice as much muscle mass at sixteen. So your ideal weight would be less then your sixteen year old self, and that’s not counting, you might have been a lard ass at sixteen. Blah, blah, blah, So what’s the deal? Just eat a whole lot less, and cut out every ounce of fatting food. Coffee and dry toast for breakfast. An apple, and half a sandwich for lunch, and half the amount you are eating now for supper. You just might lose weight, but I doubt it. So lets say you white knuckle it, and starve your body to the right weight. There is no way in hell you are getting the vitimins you need. Just don’t work that way my friend. Take a multi vitamin and you’ll be okay, just not happy. No one on earth die from taking one multi vitamin a day, so don’t let this fool stop you.
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Supplements are never as good as Organic, sometimes they aren’t even the same. Beetroot extract pills can lower blood pressure by 8 points. By an organic beetroot drink can lower it as much as 50-60 points. I have noticed no difference between periods where I drink tea and periods when I haven’t. Antioxidants don’t seem to do anything.
This kid has no idea what hes talking about. Antioxidants are important but they don’t take the place of the 91 essential nutrients that your body needs every day 60 minerals 12 amino acids 16 vitamins and 3 fatty acids
Given large enough sample size of people you can find statistically significant results that say wearing red scarf every Friday increases the risk of lung cancer. Or you can find that watching Bob Ross every other day can improve your sperm count.
It is an unfortunate or maybe very fortunate thing that the humans tend to not be very statistically friendly subjects. Our strange smart habits tend to be able to wreck every attempt to make good statistics. And the 21st century with its vast array of medical improvements, as well as vast amounts of ways to damage the human being doesn’t help the statistics at all.
Given our artificial varied environment it is hard to be sure about just about anything research can find. Because just when you think you have counted everything, new facts tend to crawl from under the carpet and ruin your study.
I dunno…taping it shut (bandaids) might be of benefit in flu…Drink a glass of supoeroxide dismutase, and call me in the morning.
I think supplements are great, even if you eat a healthy diet. Since I started taking them five years ago, I have improved my health. At least take omega3, since almost nobody gets that the natural way, since a lot of food isn’t that natural these days.
someone had coronavirus last March and he took Zinc 25 mg 3x a day, Vit D3 5,000 to 10,000 iu after 3 days he recovered well.
Glutathione and vit c are my top 2. Gluta is best absorbed by suppository or IV
There is NO WAY I would talk to most doctors, they are only interested in keeping you sick to make money.
Your wrong oregano and cloves are the strongest antioxidants
https://nutritionfacts.org/video/how-to-reach-the-antioxidant-rda/
Thank you for your well researched information. New subscriber here. Trying to get back into a ketogenic lifestyle for all the myriad of health benefits and weight loss.
4:35 Whoa, that mediterranean diet escalated quickly!
Pomegranate on zucchini, meat with raw parsley, a suspiciously greasy hummus and dried olives in… ehm, olive oil?!
Love that you say pregnant people and use they them for an all inclusive way of speaking!
live healthy, exercise, eat well, extend lifespan by ten years… die anyway.
Queer Eye? Seriously? The Term “Vitamin E” can mean a number of different substances. MIXED Tocopherols is the only effective “Vitamin E”. “Scientists” (which they are not) choose to ignore the known differences in these substances. Dosage is definitely a huge factor. Why is Vitamin C not mentioned? I’ll tell you why. It’s because large dosages of Vitamin C threatens the huge allopathic medical industry. All natural cures for disease threaten the medical industry. Oh, but it’s only a few billion dollars. That cannot be factor, can it?
The volume of the overall sound is so low that I had to raise to 100%, while in all other videos, I use on 30%. His voice i low, but the effects are high.
The suffixes ic and ous are no longer used to denote oxidation states. At least use the proper chemical terminology if you want to present yourself as having accurate and current info.
I wasn’t aware of any yellow flowers that bloom in September, interesting.
My body makes Melatonin only at sunrise. That deep orange low-angled sunshine always makes me depressed and sleepy. I have my energy at night.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/soil-depletion-and-nutrition-loss/
to stop oxidative stress stop eating sugar. cut carbs out of your diet.
Everyone here should watch Mic the vegans video on antioxidants
For crying out loud people, you don’t have to go out of your way for antioxidants. You should all be drinking lots of TEA anyway, especially green tea, especially for anyone trying to lose weight. What else are you going to drink? Other drinks are just sugar water, but you need something good tasting to drink with meals. TEA or bust.
Of course he takes bubble baths and watches queer eye. Because why wouldn’t he.
Why doesn’t he mention that Vitamin C is an antiviral and D3 is good for the immune system and these two taken together with zinc will prevent and treat corona virus.
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I saw a documentry once looking at blood serum levels of 2 antioxidant compounds and found supplementation of a blueberry extract lead to a spike in overall blood serum for antioxidants in the short term but lead to a depression far below normal levels over a protracted length of time similar to the insulin blood sugar response. In short supplementing with excess antioxidants reduced overall antioxidants in the blood for a significant period of time.
Cant find the source but it was a tiny sample reproducing an observed phenomenon for tv
I get my antioxidants from what I eat and drink. I would rather purchase and enjoy some blueberries than to take a pill.:-)
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Ah, good old scape goat vitamin E acetate…..always given in isolation for studies, and always comes back as not good to take in ISOLATION. A real cherry picker here.
I thought its because anti-oxidants are best taken as part of the wholefood, so by extracting the supposed anti-oxidants away from the food it loses it’s power. Its like taken the wheels away from a bike because it is the wheels that move forward but without the rest of the bike you go nowhere.
And also, supplementing with antioxidants, diminishes the beneifts of exercise or training
So…is it really a placebo effect…or does sugar cure a lot of stuff? Hmmm. ;0
Hi, those studies are made using synthetic vitamins made in labs not from food based vitamin supplements.
There may be a difference too to those that are sourced from actual foods, and ones that are not.
I wonder what happens if you mix st. John’s wort with mushrooms
Nutrition is very complex with so many chemical interactions you need to keep track under controlled scenarios explains why it’s so damn hard to find a conclusive results, which by themselves, the inconclusive ones we have now, they don’t necessarily mean that anti-oxidants doesn’t work, the correct question should be like, when where and by how much do they do work, cause it’s pretty much nonsense and unlikely to think that they wouldn’t/don’t.
resvertal and pterostibene
alapa lipoic acid to keep infmation low. + lacartanine
clolestrol
qerctin..
astanxtatin
co enzyme q 10
gluthonine
vitamic c + collegene
One thing I rarely see people bring up when it comes to supplements is bioavailability. Sometimes people absorb nutrients better from certain foods than other foods… And this is part of the issue with supplements. Yeah, a pill might be chock full of something, but that doesn’t mean it’s gonna actually make it into your system.
“Free Radicals” should be the name of a group of particularly militant anarchist activists.
i used to take mdma every week for 2 months. almost 1 gram per week.
without the anti-oxidents i would be dead right now. i took multi-vitamins, 4000 vitamin C, 400 E, ALA, ALCA and for serotonin and dopamine production 5htp.
with this combination i got no harm from the MDMA toxic, lots of energy day after and i could take it without loosing the effects because the body wasn’t in trauma after each use since i insert so much anti-oxidents and multi-vitamin.
B3 specific and 5htp is the combination to make sure your body take the 5Htp and use it for serotonin and dopamine and not for creation of B3 since it’s first in priority.
Melatonin is an active hormone that makes it through the blood brain barrier.
Maybe try focusing on one compound at a time?
You would think a scientist would be smarter than that.
Oh wait I forgot. You didn’t want to find any benefits in the first place.
Camu Camu fruit has so much vitamin C. Not that I consume it but if you want to supplement it’s a good way of getting the whole vitamin c complex instead of just the ascorbic acid.
does ingesting melatonin effect the feedback loop for it’s production in pineal gland?
Or just avoid the oxidation and inflammation in the first place and eliminate plants from your diet
Wait a minute. You’re saying this bandaid isn’t helping my cold?
When things are live and fresh,they are better than processed products,like antioxidants,fresh fruits,especially cherries and citrus are high in antioxidants,once being processed,they loses those living life forces Chinese calls CHI,Indian calls PRANA,our earth and sunshine produce a life force that when eaten as fresh as from the trees,it highly nourish our bodies,that’s why villagers lives healthier and has longer life.
fish oil benefits https://www.eagleeyefitness.com/2020/07/fish-oil-benefits.html
Most of you having deficiencies, just go to a dietician, you’re not experts and you don’t know what to take. Healthy people don’t need supplements.
What about acetylcysteine? Nurses that I know say it’s used all the time for everything from asthma/bronchitis to helping reduce damage done to the liver by acetaminophen & alcohol. Apparently it also leads to the production of the antioxidant glutathione. I’ve looked at several studies and it seems like no one can agree what the health effects actually are.
This video should be renamed “Are antioxidant supplements actually good for anything?”
if u make a summer sausage (or any sausage) it helps a bunch to mince up some celery finely into the mix because of its nitrateswhich expand the cell walls, yada yada looks ground beef turns into tasty summer sausageru
Preservation of oil! If you don’t take your vitamin E, add a capsule or two to any oil you want to extend the shelf life of.
Thanks buddy, I almost throw up taking thosr huge pillls everytime. I was always skeptic of them for being not measurable but my dad keeps telling me to take them. Now I’d show him this video and then offer him a mid ground of antioxidant rich diets instead.
Very interesting indeed. My own research, to be ‘Published Soon’™ indicates with an outstanding 100% correlation that death among humans (and some others species as well) evidences heart failure. That’s right, in 100% of the cases of death, the heart fails to beat. I’m gonna be so famous! Maybe even a Nobel prize! World lecture tours! Ahhhh, so famous…
I’m surprised that Vitamin D isn’t mentioned, as most people have a deficiency, and it’s critical for your immune system (Covid-19 anyone?).
You get most of your Vitamin D from the sun shining on your skin. The darker your skin, the lower rate at which your body produces it.
This could explain why darker skinned people are more likely to get infected. Being in quarantine doesn’t help the situation.
Well, i’ve been on an antioxidant-only diet for the past 3 months, and i’ve never felt better, more energy, no disease.
Most supplements are no replacement for a balanced diet. They have their uses but they’re not as big a deal as some people make them out to be.
When in doubt. Just reach the needed mineral and vitamin requirements your body needs, and you’ll do fine. At the most natural limit human life span is 124 years, and in the end Gravity always wins. Unless you have a full body scan of yourself when you were say 16 or 18. To build new parts from the prime of your body’s life. We’re going to break down. Take care of yourself best you can find reason to be happy, and enjoy that you’re here.
I HAVE DELAYED SLEEP PHASE SYNDROME! It’s fairly common (many perhaps even most? people with ADHD also have DSPS) but very few people know what it’s called. SO SO SO exciting to hear Hank name and define it here! I hope this helps more people understand their bodies, and how to get the sleep they need to stay healthy!
Edit: also, unless you like wildly vivid nightmares from the bottommost bowels of hell, do not EVER combine melatonin with alcohol.
A group of people with a hidden agenda and it was superficial patronizing
Foods that contain antioxidants do NOT provide the human with antioxidants. There’s no evidence that the body absorbs these and makes it its own. Antioxidants are not absorbed by the gut per se. Everything you need is in animal products and maybe some veggies or berries for carbs to fatten up for winter. Also antioxidants do not cancel out oxidants, like the speaker says.
Creatine also has some cognitive benefits. It really helped me put on some lean muscle. I just buy the micronized creatine monohydrate it’s a lot cheaper and you can buy it in bulk. It’s the original also the most studied type of creatine out there. I wouldn’t believe all the claims from the other types of creatine companies either.
Arrogant people like to think, that people who use natural remedies and supplements is definitely putting themselves in danger for taking them. It could be, but I wonder how many people die from taking supplements, compared to medically prescribed drugs? I bet it’s a lot less, which would make it safer, since 128,000 died of prescribed drugs by their physicians, according to these studies!!!
https://ethics.harvard.edu/blog/new-prescription-drugs-major-health-risk-few-offsetting-advantages
I like the video, but it’s a little bit clickbait because it’s mainly about antioxidant supplements and not antioxidant-rich unrefined food like vegetables, fruits, etc.
These are, as you say in the video, linked to positive health benefits.
How about Co Enzyme Q10? Is it worth taking and if so, how much for an 80kg male?
Thank you for saying “pregnant people”. Amount of times trans and non binary people are ignored nowadays is atrocious.
The safest most effective way to help the body heal itself and stay in optimal health is a whole food healthy diet naturally high in anti oxidants
Melatonin is a hormone, therefore, it is strongly recommended to not use it for longer than 2 weeks. Cycle off for 4-6 weeks and use again if needed but it shouldn’t be used continuously.
Once again, old video, sorry. I’ve always been pretty sketch about supplements but I’ll vouch for melatonin. I take Xanax every night for psych issues (legally prescribed, relax), and this makes it harder to enter REM sleep when used long term, and obviously REM sleep is dream sleep when your brain actually gets to recharge. I find 10mg of melatonin a night tends to help me get slightly more restful sleep (though it depends on a multitude of other factors). But it certainly never hurts my sleep, that’s for sure.
It may be just this video, but the sound is low at my highest setting, whether on my iPad or external Bluetooth speaker.
I think antioxidant supliments are different from natural antioxidants. I think getting natural antioxidants is much healthier.
To what lengths people will go to solve their health problems by taking a pill? Just eat you vegetables and fruits!
They can keep their pills. I will continue making my green juice in my juicer which even my son loved growing up. He would get upset with me if I made some and didn’t save him any.:P I use Kale, Carrots, Celery, and Apples. Heidi
“Individuals with atrophic gastritis are unable to absorb the vitamin B12 that is naturally present in food. Most, however, can absorb the synthetic vitamin B12 added to fortified foods and dietary supplements. As a result, the IOM recommends that adults older than 50 years obtain most of their vitamin B12 from vitamin supplements or fortified foods [5]. However, some elderly patients with atrophic gastritis require doses much higher than the RDA to avoid subclinical deficiency [41].”
— “Vitamin B12: Fact Sheet for Health Professionals.” National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/VitaminB12-HealthProfessional
A lot of supplements actually do work and you are healthier..MUCH healthier for using them. But you have to try for yourself to see what does and doesn’t and of course use common sense, research your supplements and use some caution. You can screw yourself up pretty good going willy nilly.. But we usually do that with the crap we eat and expose ourselves to anyway. Just don’t jump on the first thing you hear and actually use your brain.
This is pretty useless. Sorry. Thanks for the try. Dont even have magnesium which most everyone is deficient in since it’s tested by serum which only contain 2%. Need rbc magnesium test. But also creatine #1? O_o
At 4:04 you say “The one exception for supplements is that a combination of three antioxidants moderately reduce the risk of age-related eye disease”. Would you please elaborate on that (which antioxidants? what study?). Thanks. Great show, as usual.
Liposomal glutathione can be absorbed and not destroyed by the stomach acids
You can make some vitamins. Sunlight can create Vitamin D.
Or maybe foods with high antioxidant levels are more healthy, high in fibre and all to protect against disease. Maybe they induce intrinsic production of antioxidants in the host. Who knows
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The placebo effect is becoming larger and larger in trials of psychiatric medications, making it more and more difficult to rate the true effectiveness of new drugs. We’re not sure why; possibly due to enhanced expectations, or increased treatment of less serious conditions. Whatever the reason, it’s a real and growing problem.
I have to take cranberry supplements bc of my frequent and chronic UTIs. No matter what I do, they keep coming around. The supplements help a lot though: ) (they were recommended by a urologist btw)
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1. You are tremendously knowledgeable.
2. Love most of your videos, you come up with amazing content.
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Cholesterol is so essential to health it keeps you alive when you full of toxins and acids and they blame it for making you ill what a joke it’s like blaming the fire brigade for starting fires.the cholesterol absorbs the toxins like a sponge. And inflammation is the body healing itself you need to look for the toxins and acid that giving you inflammation.
So taurine is “nonessential” because you can make it, but antioxidants are really good even though glutathione is a thing? Right…
I’m on alot of supplements supplied by my doc, because my body is always deficient from an unknown condition causing my body to not absorb them like it should.
Just drink green tea people or normal tea. With lemon and very little to no sugar.
I take vitC 2000 mg,
200 mg vit E mixed tocof,
100mg Q10 fishoil etc..
and all the B vit in a multi for 25 years realy….how much is to much?
Feel great tho!
Maybe you are right. But i have my dude. I used to antioxidant. 1 is alpha lipoic acid and the other is pignogenol combine separately with others supplements. And my changes are incredibly or amazing. But maybe you are right just maybe. But for me just for me you are wrong.
I know im a little late to the party, but what about Valerian root?
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Naah,, Antioxidants supplement will not work.. it will be destroyed by stomach acid.. you need to activate Nrf2 Gene to make glutathione by your own… use resveratrol, kurkumin with black pepper, EGCG, pterostilbene, alpha lipoic acid and much more!:)) and you can do this also by eating right type of fats with short, medium or very long chain fatty acids,, coconut oil, avocado, grass-fed yolk, raw goat kefir, EPA and DHA ( Omega 3 ) avoid canola, sufflower, ETC.. thanks hope thats helps..:)
Is chocolate a supplement? I don’t know, but it helps you to be happy. It’s important.
Sis I just put antioxidants on my face so I don’t get shitty skin later in life
I take vitamin B supplements for energy. Very effective! Also, melatonin is extremely effective for helping me sleep.
There are studies that show that natural sources of antioxidants work, but supplements don’t. There is a theory that we need the whole package, not just isolated vitamins. Why? Anyone’s guess. Just eat your fruits, berries and greens people. Cutting back a little on meat is also not a bad idea.
Something I have discovered is that a lot of foods, supplements, etc are Individual Based. For example sugar will generate an insulin response in everyone. But Stevia will generate an insulin response in some, but not in others. My theory is that some peoples bodies will recognise that insulin is not needed but other people’s bodies will react to the sweetness. This may be a ‘learned’ response: ie sweetness means an incoming rush of sugar. Who knows? Getting good medical advice from your doctor is difficult. Partly because of the expense, partly because very few doctors know about nutrition. (This latter is not damning criticism, but rather Medicine is such a vast area that they cannot be expert in every area).
It could also be that humans aren’t reliable to take their doses as scheduled. People on a Mediterranean diet due to living conditions/location don’t have a choice but to reliably take the “doses” of antioxidants.
Do your research regarding supplements and vitamins..there are 2 categories: fat soluble ones and water soluble ones…..the fat soluble ones were stored(any excess of them) in the bodies fat stores..and the water soluble ones,any excess of these are removed from the body through wastes and must be replenished daily.The very best reference you can find to gain all this info is called “The Vitamin Bible” by Dr.Earl Mind all(spelling?) I went on the Atkins diet years ago and it became invaluable to me..
Talk to a doctor? Mine said anyone over 50 has no business at a gym. Also that drugs were better than supplements. Sounded like kickback from drug companies.
I’m a regular plasma donor �� so I need to have high levels of iron & antioxidants! Love eating healthy
Since beet juice allows your vessels to expand, does this work for a stronger erection?
So does this mean I dont need to spend half my salary on things like Coenzyme Q10 anymore?
I’m a former drug and alchohol user with many major vitamin deficiencies taking a lot of vitamins has helped me tremendously
You cannot claim this by only looking at studies about vitamin E… There are so many studies which supports that usage of antioxidant supplements are beneficial.
Gosh he looks like he’s on flaming speed! Hasn’t stopped moving about. DONT TAKE FOLIC ACID! THIS GUY NEEDS TO GET HIS FACTS CORRECT. YOU NEED FOLATE!! NOT FOLIC ACID!
great video on antioxidants very informative i have a video on that subject as well
Consult my doctor? Lol I’m one of those Americans, too poor to afford insurance but not so poor that I own a smartphone. I take vitamins to fool myself into thinking I’m being healthy.
Interesting that there’s no mention of vitamin content in animal organ tissue, which is much more bioavailable to us humans, from what I’m learning….
VITAMIN D!! 1 billion people are already deficient in vitamin D according to the Vitamin D council that +30 doctors from several countries participate. Vitamin D is now (for 30 years really) being recognized as a steroid hormone not a vitamin because of its role in the methylation process of an altered gene. The Japanese are trying to find a vitamina D that does not cause hypercalcemia (high calcium), and I am sure once they find that the price of Vitamin D will be quite different. Since people are much more indoors in the last decades, use sun protection, and do not eat very healthy, this deficiency is not surprising. Also Folic Acid can be obtained eating raw dark green leaves but if you cook them, no vitamina B9 anymore. Important too for the methylation process.
Could quality of the product being tested make a difference? I have a hard time accepting the studies because I don’t know where they are getting their product and whether the quality is good.
Then you have to consider the form of the antioxidant and how absorbent it is and the gut health of the individual. To me these are some of the variables that need to be answered when presenting research results.
A healthy diet with great variety of fruit and vegetables will always be more beneficial than eating processed foods and taking supplements.
5:30 or a lot of supplements don’t have what it says on the label and you need different antioxidants, because the radicals travel from one kind to another kind of antioxidant..
until they somehow become harmless, we don’t know yet, idk maybe I don’t remember
Some missinformation you gave out Scishow; Folic Acid supplements aren’t effective at providing us with Foliate, which is the actual substance required by the human body, especially women before pregnancy. Our bodies can’t use Folic Acid at all and, the speed we convert Folic Acid to Foliate in our bodies is very very low.
So inadequate that undesirable amounts of Folic Acid build up inside of us. It’s not helpfull because our Foliate receptors appear to prefer to team up with the useless Folic Acid before the essential Foliate has even had an opportunity to attach to the receptors.
Oftentimes then the more folks are showing Foliate deficiency then the longer they most probably persist in consuming the hopeless Folic Acid. Any little precious amount of Foliate laboriously hard won from all these moumtains of Folic Acid hanging about in the bloodstream and body tissues in all likelyhood completely wasted.
Another thing that companies lie to the consumers is the antioxidants in skincare.
Antioxidants are very unstable in skincare products, so there might be very little of it left when you’re putting it on your face, and there’s no evidence saying applying topical antioxidants would do anything in a cellular level.
The reason why they put antioxidants in products is to stabilize the product itself and make it last longer. But telling people that their products have antioxidants to help them fight free radicals is just a blatant lie
DON’T TAKE FOLIC ACID. Our bodies do need folate but folic acid doesn’t work as a folate source in humans, only in mice. Folic acid has directly led to tens of thousands of miscarriages. Don’t take it, seriously. There are much better sources for folate out there
Please do an episode on the top ten most deadly drugs with scientific approval, that doctors prescribed to the public.
Okay so don’t supplement with something like vitamin C instead just get it from real food. Does that mean you could supplement with something like riboflavin?
Got your “sciency sounding” supplements right here. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25391252
Int Angiol. 2015 Feb;34(1):43-52. Epub 2014 Nov 13.
Effects of Pycnogenol® on endothelial dysfunction in borderline hypertensive, hyperlipidemic, and hyperglycemic individuals: the borderline study.
Hu S1, Belcaro G, Cornelli U, Luzzi R, Cesarone M, Dugall M, Feragalli B, Errichi B, Ippolito E, Grossi M, Hosoi M, Gizzi G, Trignani M.
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AIM: This registry study aimed to evaluate the effects of supplementation with pycnogenol on altered endothelial function (EF) in borderline hypertensive, hyperlipidemic and hyperglycemic subjects without atherosclerotic changes in their main arteries and no coronary artery disease.
METHODS:
Flow mediated dilatation (FMD) and endothelium-independent (EID) dilatation were measured with brachial ultrasound after occlusion. Also, after occlusion, laser Doppler (LDF) flux and distal straingauge flow were measured. Oxidative stress (oxstress) was evaluated at 8 and 12 weeks. 93 subjects with borderline symptoms were enrolled into the study: 32 hypertensives, 31 hyperlipidemics, 30 hyperglycemics. All participants were instructed to follow the best available management to control their symptoms. In addition to best management, half of the subjects in each group used 150 mg/day Pycnogenol(®). 31 normal subjects were included as control.
RESULTS:
After 12 weeks metabolic values and blood pressure were back to normal in all subjects. Values were slightly better under Pycnogenol(®). FMD increased after 8 weeks from an average 5.3;3.4% to 8.2;2.2% with a further increase to 8.8;3.1% (P<0.05) at 12 weeks. No effects were found in controls and normal subjects. EID of normal subjects was consistently higher with 26%. LDF skin flux increased with Pycnogenol(®) at 8 weeks and 12 weeks. The final flux increase was not different from normal values. In controls flux after occlusion was not improved at 8 weeks; there was a significant but minor increase at 12 weeks. Flux increases were superior in all Pycnogenol(®) subjects. In Pycnogenol(®) subjects, limb flow after occlusion increased at 8 weeks with a further increase at 12 weeks. In controls inclusion flow after occlusion was comparable at 8 and 12 weeks. Oxidative stress was significantly decreased in Pycnogenol(®) subjects at 8 and 12 weeks. Minor differences were observed in controls.
CONCLUSION:
This open registry study indicates that Pycnogenol(®) improves EF in preclinical, borderline subjects in a macro-microcirculatory model. This observation may suggest an important preventive possibility for borderline hypertensive, hyperglycemic and hyperlipidemic subjects.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/29713620/?i=1&from=pycnogenol%20crp
The Effect of Pycnogenol Supplementation on Plasma C-Reactive Protein Concentration: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Nikpayam O, et al. Clin Nutr Res. 2018.
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Pycnogenol is a standardized extract from the bark of the French maritime pine. The aim of the present systematic review and meta-analysis was to clarify the effect of Pycnogenol supplementation on C-reactive protein (CRP) concentration. To identify eligible studies in order to find clinical trials which examined the effect of Pycnogenol supplementation on the level of CRP in adult participants, PubMed, Scopus, and Google Scholar were systematically searched until December 2017. Mean of CRP was collected to estimate the effect size of the supplementation. Potential sources of heterogeneity were explored by subgroup analysis. Five trials including 324 participants were included in this meta-analysis.
Pooled effect size showed significant effect of Pycnogenol supplementation on CRP (-1.22 mg/dL, 95% confidence interval, -2.43, -0.003; I2 = 99%, pheterogeneity < 0.001). When the meta-analysis was subgrouped by dose of Pycnogenol, heterogeneity was attenuated in > 150 mg/d category (I2 = 0.0%, p = 0.42). There was significant difference between-subgroup heterogeneity (p < 0.001). Furthermore, no evidence of publication bias for CRP (p = 0.27, Begg's test and p = 0.62, Egger's test) was seen.
Present systematic review and meta-analysis suggested Pycnogenol consumption can decrease the level of CRP and have anti-inflammatory effect. So, Pycnogenol as an anti-inflammatory agent might be a priority in interventions. Further studies with large-scale and better design are needed to confirm this result.
PMID 29713620 [] PMCID PMC5921329
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5446256/
Variations in Echogenicity in Carotid and Femoral Atherosclerotic Plaques with Pycnogenol + Centella Asiatica Supplementation
Gianni Belcaro, PhD and Umberto Cornelli, MD
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This registry study evaluated echogenicity of carotid–femoral plaques in asymptomatic subjects with increased oxidative stress and risk factors (mild hypertension, hypercholesterolemia). Supplementation with the combination Pycnogenol–CA (centella asiatica) on the echogenicity of plaques was assessed at 6 months (79 subjects). A standard management (SM) plan was used in all subjects (control of risk factors, lifestyle changes); 36 subjects used the supplements +SM; 43 SM only. The groups were comparable. High-resolution ultrasound evaluated echogenicity and plaque structure. Pycnogenol (150 mg/day) and CA (Centellicum, 450 mg/day) were used.
At 6 months, cholesterol was reduced (p < 0.05) in both groups (difference between groups not significant). At 6 months, plasma free radicals were decreased with the supplements (17.64%; p < 0.05; vs <2% in controls). The plaque stability index increased from 11.22;2.3 to 22.4;1.1 (p < 0.05) with the supplements; no significant changes were seen in controls. Plaque echogenicity (% of “whiter” component in images) increased with supplementation from 16.7;1.7% to 34.2;2% (p < 0.05); no variations were observed in controls. The maximum plaque height decreased (p < 0.05) with the supplements. No significant variations were observed in controls. Plaque length was decreased (p < 0.05) in the supplement group with no changes in controls. The number of plaques (carotid, femoral bifurcations) decreased with supplementation; no significant changes were observed in controls. No adverse events, tolerability problems, or variations in routine blood tests were recorded. The combination Pycnogenol–CA appears to improve echogenicity and stability of complex plaques in six months.
I have Muscular Dystrophy and doctors don’t mention supplements. On top the creatin (pancreatin 4 x 500), I take 2,000 mg of MSM (Doctor’s Choice), and Cell Food (by Lumina). I saw a Naturopath who tweeked other supplements for my specific needs (I am an older female, 120 lb, 5′-5″). 13 years “mostly” in remission. Not to have all my muscles (everything from my legs, toes, jaw, neck, back, heart, stomach, anus,…) in utter spasm my entire life is miraculous. I am now able to go shopping, pick out my own food and go thru the register, drive home, cook a meal, eat an entire meal made of actual groceries and not mush, watch a romantic comedy without fear of my heart seizing, and go to the bathroom instead of using diapers. Yep, life can be better. Now, if we could only get the medical institution on board and convince them that our health matters more than their income, and keeping us on deadly drugs and keeping us sick is not good for anyone. Life is good if you aren’t a prisoner of the Medical Industry.
Looks like I’d better stick to just eating my veggies rather than trying a supplement
By the way, his sources are all proven propaganda sites. For example, NY Times? Are you kidding me? Not one of them are a natural-path doctor, expert in nutrition. You are not helpful. Geez wheez….
Wheatgrass supplements give me energy and reduce my need for sleep.
One of your better videos balanced and well presented. Thank you.
Well I’m 25, drink lots of coffee and people say I look 19, soo
Actually, MANY PEOPLE DO NEED SUPPLEMENTS to control histamine, the most overlooked neurotransmitter and the most common cause of mental illness not effectively treated by options on the market right now. Also, many people who struggle with overeating are overeating specifically because they need to be taking a multivitamin. If you can’t stop eating, you probably don’t have all the nutrients you need because food in America is literally a joke. Take a multivitamin, and you won’t crave food nonstop. The pharmaceutical industry does everything it can to invalidate any options that doesn’t make them money. The entire “health” discourse is determined by WHAT MAKES BIG PHARMA MONEY.
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(How come I get posts taken down on reddit because it’s “medical advice,” but you’re giving medical advice to 968,245 different people with VERY different bodies, and this doesn’t get taken down?
Creatine is terrible for you.. I own a store and do not carry it.
This was an interesting list. I’m a little disappointed in the lack of vitamin D though. Last I checked, 42% of Americans are deficient and a supplement for that can be very beneficial.
The thing about supplements is they are not the ideal way for our bodies to receive anything. Organic over anything synthetic. Better to get omega from nuts or fish than to take supplement pills. We need nutrition from natural sources
St. Johns Wort made we vomit for hours the one time I took it
Ah yes. Free radicals. A harmful byproduct of cellular metabolism. And because it is harmful I must eradicate it whenever it has the audacity to so much as exist within my body, with complete disregard for the fact that although harmful, not all radicals are the same and your body might actually need to experience some as part of normal existence.
Mr. Green is the best! He has me LOL �� with his facial expressions and sarcasm. He’s by far the �� of SciShow and SciShow Psych
apparently B17… found in beansprouts… jack of all trades… the ultimate anticarcinogen they say…oddly it makes a strange kind of sense in my unconscious intuition circuits:]
I can’t afford a doctor. Doctors are costly. Instead, let me consult Dr. YouTube.
Was always told to avoid st Johns wort because I have Bipolar disorder, so not everyone can take them like you said:)
Cherry picking meta analysis by Mr Pharma, or not mentioned about sickness caused by lack of vitamins and minerals, that’s to Real.
Strong antioxidants, eg. gallocatechins, can reduce water soluble oxygen to hydrogen peroxide, another harmful chemical in cells.
He’s correct, this is a multi billion industry that’s a complete sham.
But it would have been nice to hear which were the three combined antioxidants in the particular study that reduced the risk of eye disease. He might not think eye disease is a big deal, but macular degeneration, retinopathy, glaucoma and cataracts are an increasing issue in aging.
It could be lycopene, lutein and zeaxanthin, but who knows? These are good for eye health in foods but might be useless as supplemental antioxidants as most are.
There’s also been an ongoing study, 20+ years so far, in mice that has yet to prove supplemental antioxidants do the same thing as food sources. This is really frustrating the antioxidant industry.
The only antioxidant that does have science behind it appears to be resveratrol.
Hey wow! St. John’s Wort is something I’m on daily! It was a psychiatrist’s reccomendation, actually. I’m vulnerable to sudden and sharp anxiety and depression episodes. The John’s Wort is there as a buffer, to slow down that dip long enough that I have time to arrange some time off work to do eat, gym, cuddle dogs, and do my self-driven CBT stuff to work out what’s going on nearly always catastrophizing something that isn’t. Wasn’t expecting to see it here! Nice.:)
I’m pretty sure St John’s wort is called what it’s called because St John got decapitated, and if you crush the small pale buds of the St John’s wort between your fingers you get an unexpected dark red fluid that looks similar to blood.
We are mineral deficient. We are zinc and magnesium deficient. We use non organic fertilizers and our soils are depleted. Zinc helps stop viruses and magnesium lowers bp. We are also vitamin D deficient. Deficiency as defined by the US government is not the proper standard.
Gosh he is making me feel agitated, he just goes on and on like he’s racing to catch a train. I’m off lol to someone who slows down! lol
Don’t take Folic Acid: it’s the synthetic form of vitamin B9, it is slowly converted in folate and homocysteine may build up in the body. You need to take your B9 vitamin in the form of 5-MTHF or eat food rich in folate.
IMHO That’s really a bad choice to keep folic acid in this 6 supplements list.
Some supplements could have been added anyway, many comments point out magnesium or omega 3 for example.
I can also add iodine to the missing supplements list: according to the WHO, iodine deficiency affects 72 percent of the world’s population!
If you want to live long and healthy you could also add K1+K2.
It’s always preferable to get vitamins and minerals with food, with a better bio-availaibility and no dangerous excipients like nanoparticles. If we eat only real food (meat, fish, eggs, liver, plenty of vegetables, fruits…) we should be able to reduce supplements. But probably not to suppress them totally.
I see at least 2 reasons for that:
1. Our food contains less vitamins and micronutrients than it used to, that’s true in particular for vegetables and fruits ( https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/soil-depletion-and-nutrition-loss/). So we probably don’t get what we should even if we’ve stopped junk food long ago.
2. RDIs are likely wrong with way too much carbs and less than adequate amounts of vitamins and minerals. Why too few vitamins and minerals? the RDI have been, mainly, estimated for short term support (survive, don’t get scurvy, etc.) and not for long term support (live long and healthy). See the “triage theory”: micronutrient deficiencies cause insidious damage that
accelerates age-associated chronic disease ( http://www.bruceames.org/Triage.pdf, https://www.nutri-facts.org/en_US/news/the-triage-theory.html).
For example daily intake for vitamin K is based on coagulation needs but not on needs to maintain healthy bones and a healthy heart in the long term.
He said that you have to eat a lot of fruits and vegetables to get 150mg vitamin C. Just one average size gold kiwi fruit contains 151mg vitamin C, so he’s wrong!
After ten years of my own research as a trained medicinal herbalist, I use various antioxidants that target certain functions in the body to lower arterial inflammation. If I get sick I take oxidants and stop taking antioxidants, I have so much saved research in my database it would take you years to read it if you read 8 hours a day.
Do you have any opinion on C60 ( carbon 60) in olive oil. It is said to be 170 times more antioxidant than vitamin C.
I disagree creatine is not for everyone artificial creatine that is not the stuff you make yourself. Beets are cool. Antioxidants are good. Multivitamins possibly not so much. Folate is good, Folic acid is not the same. melatonin is a natural derivative of organic processes in your body supported by health. Saint Johns wort may actually cause Postural Hypotension in some individuals and so should not be on your regular to do list.
So talking about babies IN UTERO has to be gender-neutral now? It’s politically incorrect to say that pregnant women need to take a supplement for the health of a growing fetus? Or that babies in utero get nutrients from their mothers? Seriously?
I’m critical about external antioxidants the studies ( especially the intervention-studies ) make not really a clear picture.
Why no specific mention or indication of source, what combination of 3 antioxidants protect from which eye disease?
This whole episode has no scientific value as under the name of “vitamin E” there are many molecules and they can be administered in many ways and in many dosages. Therefore the contradictions you found, may just don’t exist and instead, each study needs to be individually analysed for its specific methods and results, with no real comparison.
Would taking supplements that contain high amounts of polyphenols like grapefruit seed extract and green coffee bean extract be safe? (post exercise inflammation wise) Do they act differently to vitamin c?
The vitamin C supplement that I currently have is 1,000 mg. Would it be detrimental to take this high of a dose or should I start cutting these in half when I take?
Melatonin absolutely helps put me to sleep and sleep soundly! No question about it.
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Please talks about adaptogen herbs, how do they affect our bodies, is there tolerance or addiction with them… etc
Beet juice is also full of sugar that will feed bacteria and cancer, use cocoa powder instead it does the same thing but without the sugar, you can use honey instead to sweeten it, preferably manuka or tea tree / eucalyptus honey.
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