Re: Getting Paleolithic levels of Vit C in a modern diet

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On Sun, 23 Oct 2005 20:50:31 -0700, Chris J. <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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>On Sat, 22 Oct 2005 17:36:17 +1300, Quentin Grady
><quentin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>G'day G'day Folks,
>
>Greetings, Quentin.
>
>Thank you for your excellent post. I have long been a fan of peppers
>of all kinds, and eat them daily. What I had not known about was how
>high Broccoli is in C. I'd been considering a supplement due to my
>post-Dx drastic reduction in fruit intake, but I now see I don't need
>it.
>Thanks!

G'day G'day Chris,

Glad you liked it. It can be a bit of chore preparing the tables.

Vit C is something I haven't looked at much in the past. Vit C is a
water soluble antioxidant, whilst Vit E is fat soluble. To form an
antioxidant network where Vit C can recycle Vit E intermediaries are
required. The most obvious are the polyphenols. Put simply, less
antioxidants vitamins are required when the polyphenols are present
since recycling occurs so I wasn't concerned about getting enough.

What people don't often realise is that vitamin supplements typically
provide the antioxidant vitamins abeit in the wrong stereoisomers
forms but omit the polyphenols to get the whole thing working
coherently.

As far as I can see there are three major reasons why food is a better
source than supplements.

A. The vitamins are the correct stereoisomers.

B. Food comes with intermediaries that allow the vitamins to function
properly together.

C. The unexpected risks associated with excessive doses appear
diminished. This may be because food sources are less prone to
suppressing the functioning of closely related compounds. For example
a food that contains alpha and beta carotene is unlikely to the
suppress the action of alpha carotene whereas a supplement containing
beta carotene without alpha carotene is more likely to do so.

Best wishes,

--
Quentin Grady ^ ^ /
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"... and the blind dog was leading."

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