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Articles
about Vitamins
Researchers meet to create new standard
for measuring
antioxidants
Are the antioxidants in a bowl of blueberries stronger than those
found in a plate of broccoli? Today, there's no real standard
for measuring and describing the levels of antioxidants found
in vitamins or foods, but researchers are working on a way to
standardize both the measurements and the claims. If you enjoy
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Overview:
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An international gathering of researchers from 19 countries has
agreed for the first time to establish uniform measurement standards
for antioxidants.
- The decision could ultimately produce more reliable data for
consumers, who face misleading claims about the amount and effect
of these disease-fighting compounds in their food, health and
beauty products, the researchers say.
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The historic three-day meeting, the First International Congress
on Antioxidant Methods, was held June 16-18 in Orlando, Fla.
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The 144 scientists and experts from industry, academia and government
who attended the meeting discussed the latest claims in antioxidant
research and identified methods used to make these claims.
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Finley estimates that there are currently between 25 and 100 different
methods used to measure antioxidants.
Source:
http://center.acs.org/applications/ccs/application/index.cfm?
PressReleaseID=2367&categoryid=1
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