Could antioxidants make us more, not less, prone to diabetes? Study says yes

Wednesday, October 7, 2009 - 03:00 in Health & Medicine

We've all heard about the damage that reactive oxygen species (ROS) - aka free radicals - can do to our bodies and the sales pitches for antioxidant vitamins, skin creams or 'superfoods' that can stop them. In fact, there is considerable scientific evidence that chronic ROS production within cells can contribute to human diseases, including insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes...

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