Considering the change in people’s diets and lifestyle, the number of people with metabolic diseases such as diabetes, obesity and gout is on the rise. Some studies have shown that dietary antioxidant nutrients (e.g., ascorbic acid, beta -carotene, vitamin E and selenium) can have preventive and therapeutic effects on some metabolic diseases. Moreover, antioxidants are substances that may protect cells against free radicals, which may play a role in health conditions
Dietary antioxidants and metabolic diseases / Durazzo, Alessandra; Lombardi-Boccia, Ginevra; Santini, Antonello; Lucarini, Massimo. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES. - ISSN 1661-6596. - 22:22(2021), p. 12558. [10.3390/ijms222212558]
Dietary antioxidants and metabolic diseases
Antonello Santini
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2021
Abstract
Considering the change in people’s diets and lifestyle, the number of people with metabolic diseases such as diabetes, obesity and gout is on the rise. Some studies have shown that dietary antioxidant nutrients (e.g., ascorbic acid, beta -carotene, vitamin E and selenium) can have preventive and therapeutic effects on some metabolic diseases. Moreover, antioxidants are substances that may protect cells against free radicals, which may play a role in health conditionsI documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
