Can Antioxidants Prevent Heart Attacks?

Posted September 3, 2007 at 03:06 PM by Katie Drummond

Section: His Health, Physical Health, His Nutrition, Supplements

Another study shows that taking antioxidant vitamins does not prevent heart attacks (Archives of Internal Medicine August, 2007). 8,171 women over the age of 40, all with a history of heart disease or with three or more risk factors for that disease (high blood pressure, diabetes or high cholesterol) were randomly assigned into groups and given either 500 milligrams of ascorbic acid (vitamin C) every day, 600 units of vitamin E every other day or 50 milligrams of beta carotene every other day. None of the antioxidant vitamins, either alone or in combination, helped reduce the risk of a heart attack. As of today, there is no evidence that taking antioxidants vitamin pills helps prevent heart attacks.

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