This is old, but new to me:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez...d_RVDocSum
"Since no long-term effects of GTE were observed, the study essentially served as a fruit and vegetables depletion study. The overall effect of the 10-week period without dietary fruits and vegetables was a decrease in oxidative damage to DNA, blood proteins, and plasma lipids, concomitantly with marked changes in antioxidative defence."
What does, "decrease in oxidative damage to DNA, blood proteins, and plasma lipids, concomitantly with marked changes in antioxidative defence" mean?
I haven't read the whole article (I'm at school), but is the decrease in those things supposed to be a good or bad thing? Is it saying tha avoiding fruits and veggies is actually GOOD? *gasp*
Kelly
(05-05-2010 12:30 PM)Kelly Wrote: [ -> ]What does, "decrease in oxidative damage to DNA, blood proteins, and plasma lipids, concomitantly with marked changes in antioxidative defence" mean?
I haven't read the whole article (I'm at school), but is the decrease in those things supposed to be a good or bad thing? Is it saying tha avoiding fruits and veggies is actually GOOD? *gasp*
Kelly
I would think reducing damage is a good thing.
And, yes, there was less damage to those that didn't eat fruits or veggies for 10 weeks.
haha, okay, Ryan I've taken more than a half a second to look at the paragraph now and yes, it seems that reducing oxidative damage IS a good thing. Go figure.
Kelly
It's in that green tea study. You need to read it. The last few sentences describe it perfectly. They are using a bunch of medical-speak but the whole thing was about trying to limit this oxidative stress through eating fruits and vegetables. Green tea was sort of microcosm of that. It should have helped just as much as fruits and vegetables but it only made matters worse.
Got it. When I first clicked, I thought I had the wrong article. I read it and I mostly get it now. Thank you!
Kelly