The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences report today that vitamin C and vitamin E supplements may counteract the beneficial affects of exercise on diabetes and glucose metabolism. The University of Jena and Harvard University study shows that exercise induces bursts of free radicals that cause our body to activate and metabolize carbohydrates more efficiently, which can prevent type 2 diabetes and other conditions that may lead to stroke, coronary artery disease and kidney failure. Mitigating these free radicals with antioxidant vitamins could, therefore, block the health effects conferred by exercise.
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Tags: antioxidant, diabetes, exercise, glucose, Harvard University, metabolism, Univerysity of Jena, vitamin c, vitamin E
Dr. Steven Chang, the author of DailyDose, is a staff physician with Kosmix RightHealth. Dr. Chang practices Family Medicine at the University of California Davis Medical Center, where his medical interests include both pediatric and geriatric care, public health, gay and lesbian health, and sleep medicine. Dr. Chang trained at the Stanford University affiliated O'Connor Hospital, and was a research fellow at the National Institute of Health. He holds an M.D. from McGill University and a BA in Public Health from Johns Hopkins University.
May 13th, 2009 at 1:08 am
Should be talking about “Beneficial Effects” – affects is the verb! What about all the food which contains vitamins C and E? Do we give up eating those! Vitamins, like food, are best taken in variety and moderation, unless there is a specific medical need.
May 13th, 2009 at 6:41 am
I am always suspicious of what I would term anti-vitamin studies. Who is the sponsor of the studies? Is it a pharmaceutical company(ies) that provided funds for such anti-vitamin studies. Without stating who the core sponsors of the studies are, perhaps such statements by the National Academy of Sciences should be treated with a grain of salt. (BS)
May 14th, 2009 at 8:27 pm
who ever did this study I THINK EITHER HAD TO MUCH TO SMOKE OR DRINK ONE
BARB