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By Paul Rogers, About.com Guide to Weight Training

Antioxidant Supplements Could Make You Train Worse

Sunday July 12, 2009

Antioxidant vitamin supplements have been touted as health promoting supplements for over 30 years. Even in the exercise and sports communities, supplements like vitamin E and C have long been considered as logical suppressors of the free radical activity caused by vigorous physical activity.

But now, the health value of antioxidant supplements like C, E and beta carotene are being questioned, and recent studies suggest that vitamin C supplements may even impair the training response in exercisers rather than enhance it.

Here's the full story. Using Antioxidant Supplements in Weight Training.

Comments
July 15, 2009 at 8:56 am
(1) Top Antioxidant Supplements says:

I think this is the worst thing I have ever heard about antioxidants. Anyway, thanks for the information.

November 3, 2009 at 4:25 am
(2) Jason says:

That was not worst,maybe you just overlook the article.

It depends on the
Supplements
you are taking of.I think not all supplement can make you train worse,it really depends on the number of supplements you are taking of.

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