Flutterby™! : Anti-oxidant supplements are bad for you

Derek Lowe at Corante: In The Pipeline: The Evidence Piles Up: Antioxidant Supplements Are Bad For You.

So in short, James Watson appears to be right when he says that reactive oxygen species are your friends. This is all rather frustrating when you consider the nonstop advertising for antioxidant supplements and foods, especially for any role in preventing cancer. It looks more and more as if high levels of extra antioxidants can actually give people cancer, or at the very least, help along any cancerous cells that might arise on their own.

A good run-down on the various evidence that suggests that a little oxidation is good for the cell.