Antioxidants

• Free radical damage is implicated in

  • atherosclerosis
  • cataracts

• Antioxidant vitamins protective

  • beta carotenoids (lutein, zeaxanthin)
  • Vit C
  • Vit E

• Cataract patients have low intakes of

  • Vit E
  • beta carotenoids

• High HDL levels correlated with high plasma Vit C

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