Break Quote by David Perlmutter

“In particular, raising blood sugar will increase the production of what are known technically as reactive oxygen species and advanced glycation end-products, both of…

— Gary Taubes

The human brain is at particularly high risk for damage by free radicals because of its high degree of metabolism compared to other tissues,…

— David Perlmutter

You don't need to know what an antioxidant is to eat well.

— Michael Pollan

Far from being entirely dependent on exogenous food sources of antioxidants, our cells have their own innate ability to generate antioxidants upon demand.

— David Perlmutter

“As Dr. Gao reported, “Our data support the hypothesis that the formation of… compounds generated from oxidation of EPA and DHA in vivo can…

— David Perlmutter

“The bottom line is that if you want to reduce oxidative stress and the action of free radicals harming your brain, you have to…

— David Perlmutter

Activating oxygen can produce compounds called radicals that put oxidative stress on cells. Such stress could ultimately lead to cancer and other diseases.

— John Simon

Resveratrol does not act primarily as an antioxidant. It is far more interesting and powerful than that. Resveratrol turns on our body's genetic defenses…

— David Andrew Sinclair

Antioxidants are completely useless.

— Michael Specter

“Extensive medical research indicates that increasing intake of certain nutrients, especially vitamins C and E, grape seed extract, and resveratrol (see Week Four), will…

— Steven Lamm

“Vitamin C also protects other tissues from free-radical damage. Whenever it encounters a free radical, it sacrifices one of its own electrons in order…

— Daniel P. Reid

“one molecule of vitamin C is oxidized by one free radical. (This one-to-one chemistry is called a stoichiometric reaction by chemists.) Can you imagine…

— David Perlmutter