Are antioxidant pills as effective eating fruit and veg?

This is a difficult question. How many supplements would equal a pomegranate, for instance? Are the supplements watered down to the point one would need to take a huge amount several times a day?

Are antioxidant pills as effective eating fruit and veg?
No, for three reasons.





First of all, fruit and vegetables contain other nutrients that pills don't provide, like fibres and vitamins.





Second, a vitamin is not a vitamin. Artificially produced vitamins and nutrients are often absorbed less efficiently into the body; more of these passes through than with the natural form.





Lastly, taking anti-oxidants tells the cells in your body to make less of their own anti-oxidants. So you have a perfect defense mechanism against free radicals, but you're telling it to work less by taking these pills.



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