From:
sukiec@optonline.net
Date: 2005-01-07 20:06:11 UTC
Subject: when antioxidants backfire
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <4319866.1105128371699.JavaMail.root@thallium.smartgroups.com>
I was just noticing in Science News a short mention of a large human study where levels over 300 mg of vitamin C in diabetics actually markedly increased the sorts of damage a person usually thinks of antioxidants decreasing, and there was a mention (but only a mention) that there is work now showing that multiple antioxidants behave as oxidants if too much is taken. This intrigued me since there are uses of such compounds in ferrets mentioned from time to time so I would like to find the studies, learn if any involve ferrets or other members of carnivora, find out if anyone has ever doen studies to find out what levels might be effective and which might backfire and in what situations, etc. (I have read the study where C should not be given if radiation therapy is being used for some tumor types since those types can shield themselves using it.) Has anyone run into these studies? Any ferrets in the animal models?