Volume 2 Supplement

▪ Keyword : introduction

▪ Content : introduction

▪ Keyword : nutrients, degenerative eye diseases

▪ Content : Cataract (opacity of the lens) and age-related degeneration of the macula of the retina are very common causes of disability in old age, and people are living longer. It seems likely that both of these conditions result from gradual photo-oxidative damage.

▪ Keyword : ascorbic acid, cellular function, vitamin C, requirements

▪ Content : Optimal ascorbic acid (vitamin C) requirements in humans are unknown. In situ kinetics is a biochemical approach to determine requirements for vitamin C and other vitamins.

▪ Keyword : natural antioxidants, atherosclerosis

▪ Content : The precursors of fibrous atherosclerotic plaques are fatty streaks, characterized by accummulation of fat-laden macrophages beneath an intact endothelium. These macrophages are derived from monocytes in the circulating blood and the lipid is derived from plasma low density lipoprotein (LDL).

▪ Keyword : vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin E, beta-carotene, cancer

▪ Content : The importance of the antioxidant micronutrients vitamins A, C, E and beta-carotene in cancer prevention is currently a widely debated human health issue.

▪ Keyword : epidemiology, dietary antioxidants, atherosclerotic disease

▪ Content : Recent evidence suggests that oxidative damage, particularly to low density lipoprotein, may be involved in the development and progression of atherosclerosis.

▪ Keyword : regional differences, coronary heart disease, Britain, antioxidant nutrients

▪ Content : In Britain, there are large regional differences in mortality rates from coronary heart disease which can not be explained by established risk factors such as elevated levels of blood cholesterol or high blood pressure.

▪ Keyword : Vitamin E, athletic performance

▪ Content : Vitamin E has been of interest to sports people for many years, with reports of its dietary supplementation in the 1950s. In the last decade there has been a resurgence in the interest in the relationship between vitamin E and athletic performance and animal studies have demonstrated that endurance is reduced in vitamin E deficiency.

▪ Keyword : folate, neural tube defects

▪ Content : The multifactorial aetiology of neural tube defects has stimulated many theories related to dietary factors in pregnancy.