[mrsD]

There is a trend today to push high doses of antioxidants.
While I believe SOME are helpful, I hesitate to endorse the new
massive doses of some of them until more information is forthcoming.

Here is one example: Astaxanthin
http://www.berkeleywellnessalerts.co...ents409-1.html

This is being promoted on Dr. Oz's show in very high doses by Dr. Mercola (who happens to sell it also). 12mg a day.
The typical capsule comes in 4mg. I am leary of 12 mg a day, until more good human studies appear.

Also some information is coming to light like this article:
http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/564232/

http://metamodern.com/2010/09/26/ant...k-cell-repair/

Some of the new papers coming out discuss pro-antioxidants.
Here is a discussion of what those are:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pro-oxidant

Therefore up until now, antioxidants have become very popular.
What we see however are conflicting studies showing too much is not necessarily good.

The bottom line? Choose your foods well, and don't go overboard on antioxidants as promoted on many websites. We did not evolve consuming massive doses of anything.

My antioxidants are mostly Vit C 500mg, and grapeseed extract during allergy season, 200mg a day. We use Krill oil, which contains some astaxanthin, but I do not take it extra at this time. I use Ubiquinol (still an experiment here) and R-lipoic acid 100mg a day for my neuropathy. The rest of my antioxidants come from food sources.