Late last February, Diane McKay, Professor of Human Nutrition and researcher at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, shared her views on antioxidant intake:
"Just because a food or beverage scores well with the ORAC [Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity] test doesn't guarantee that it can cure, treat or even prevent disease," McKay said. "However, most of the foods or beverages that have been studied for their health effects are those that have high antioxidant activity — teas, wine, cocoa, etc. The data certainly suggest that incorporating these antioxidant-rich foods and beverages into our regular diet, in moderate amounts, may help improve some biomarkers of disease risk."
Read the full article below:
"Antioxidant Benefits Can be Distorted by Scale," Orlando Sentinel (2/24/2010)
In addition to researching, McKay also teaches "Human Nutrition" during the summer session at Tufts, a course can count towards students' "Natural Sciences" distribution requirement. For more information on Human Nutrition and Tufts' Summer courses, please visit: http://ase.tufts.edu/summer/ , and click on the "courses" tab.
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