Robert Sotler (Author), Borut Poljšak (Author), Raja Dahmane (Author), Tomislav Jukić (Author), Doroteja Pavan-Jukić (Author), Cecilija Rotim (Author), Polonca Trebše (Author), Andrej Starc (Author)

Abstract

This review article is focused on the impact of antioxidants and prooxidants on health with emphasis on the type of antioxidants that should be taken. Medical researchers suggest that diet may be the solution for the control of chronic diseases such as cardiovascular complications, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and different cancers. In this survey, we found scientific evidence that the use of antioxidants should be limited only to the cases where oxidative stress has been identified. This is often the case of specific population groups such as postmenopausal women, the elderly, in-fants, workers exposed to environmental pollutants, and the obese. Before starting any supplementa-tion, it is necessary to measure oxidative stress and to identify and eliminate the possible sources of free radicals and thus increased oxidative stress.

Keywords

oxidative stress;antioxidants;diet;chronic disease;dietary supplements;free radicals;

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Language: English
Year of publishing:
Typology: 1.02 - Review Article
Organization: UL ZF - University College of Health Studies
UDC: 613.2+612.3:577.334:616
COBISS: 5795179 Link will open in a new window
ISSN: 0353-9466
Parent publication: Acta clinica Croatica
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Secondary language: Croatian
Secondary keywords: oksidativni stres;antioksidanti;dieta;kronične bolezni;prehranski dodatki;prosti radikali;
Type (COBISS): Article
Pages: str. 726-736
Volume: ǂVol. ǂ58
Issue: ǂno. ǂ4
Chronology: 2019
DOI: 10.20471/acc.2019.58.04.20
ID: 11582859