Q. What are the benefits of taking antioxidant medicines or supplements?

Answer

For most people nutrients found in food alone can’t compensate if they have any kind of deficiency. For example, people with osteoporosis might need extra calcium and vitamin D or vegetarians might need iron or vitamin B12. This is where antioxidant medicines or supplements help them. Also impurities and contamination in vegetables and fruits, which are supposed to be powerhouses of natural antioxidants, leave people consuming them with a deficit in the daily ORAC units.  Additionally, antioxidant medicines and supplements may actually help address oxidative stress.