new dietary recommendations for antioxidants
May 2000
There are some surprises in the new dietary recommendations for antioxidants...vitamin C, vitamin E, selenium, and beta-carotene.
Canadian and U.S. scientists are working together to revise the official gov't dietary recommendations.
This latest report now recommends slightly higher RDAs of vitamins C and E...but it recommends that people get these nutrients from food, not supplements.
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