Antioxidants and Alcohol: The Health Conscious Cocktail Trend

admin | May 29, 2011

I guess you can tell the health movement is taking off when organic booze and veggie purées are the main ingredients in trendy new cocktails. Restaurants (and not just vegan ones) and bars in New York and LA are concocting mixed drinks where sugary syrups are substituted with organic fruit purées, making a “healthier” [...]

Antioxidants: Food IS Better Than Supplements

admin | May 27, 2011

Have you all seen the report that antioxidants don’t help you live longer? First let me clarify that the study was on supplements.
An analysis of dozens of studies illustrates that supplements of Vitamins A, C and E as well as beta carotene and selenium do not help people live longer. Yep, it [...]

The Skinny on: Antioxidants

admin | May 23, 2011

Over a delightful dinner of corned beef and cabbage this Saturday night, a dinner guest (with a PhD in science) asked me what was all the hype around antioxidants. So we all know that they are good for us, but why?
Antioxidants help clean up our bodies on a molecular level. According to the [...]