Antioxidants and cardiovascular disease; panaceas or tonics for tired sheep?

There is now a large body of population studies showing that diets high in fruits and vegetables, i.e. foods rich in antioxidant compounds, are associated with a lower incidence of cardiovascular disease [1]; moreover, many in vitro and some in vivo studies have suggested that oxidative modification of low density lipoprotein is involved in the onset of atherosclerosis and exacerbates its clinical manifestations [2] … * Corresponding author