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Diet and Nutrition
Antioxidants Play a Role in Deadly Malnutrition Disease
December 31st, 2000
Mainstream America has been bombarded in recent years with advertisements touting the health benefits of antioxidants such as vitamin E and beta-carotene. But a new study from the University of Florida and Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, suggests that they may be far more important to children in other parts of the world who have a severe form of malnutrition called kwashiorkor. Based on the study, which uncovered the mechanisms by which kwashiorkor works, the researchers may be able to begin designing treatments to drastically reduce the fatality rate from kwashiorkor, a leading cause of juvenile death in Third World countries, said...
Source: Medical Letter on the CDC & FDA (2000-12-31)
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