Bad news for those of you who are convinced that antioxidants are the answer to all that ails you. As pointed out by US News, various studies on antioxidants might claim it offers protection from illness and faster recovery, there's hardly any conclusive data to back up these claims.

While antioxidants can help in theory, they seemed to work best in helping to stave off "age-related macular degeneration" but nothing more, which means it probably won't cure any illness like many would like to believe. So instead of buying everything labelled "now with more antioxidants!" you might want to reconsider spending all that extra money on a trip to the clinic instead.

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