Rhonda Patrick· PhD
for example a randomized controlled study in 20 a fleets in their early 20s who participated in two Athlon light competitions found that antioxidant supplementation increased the antioxidant defenses of neutrophils the athletes took either an antioxidant cocktail consisting of 250 milligrams of vitamin E and 15 milligrams of beta carotene or a placebo every day for 90 days during the final 15 days of the study the athletes took an additional supplement of one gram of vitamin C or a placebo at the end of the study period plasma antioxidant concentrations were considerably higher among the supplemented group than those of the placebo group the activity of catalase superoxide dismutase glutathione peroxidase and glutathione reductase in the supplemented groups neutrophils increased to good indicators of enhanced neutrophil function