Dietary Reference Intakes

Proposed Definition and Plan for Review of Dietary Antioxidants and Related Compounds

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• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Year: 1998
• eBook ISBN: 9780309184717
• Edition: 0
• Topic: Medicine

There has been intense interest recently among the public and the media in the possibility that increased intakes of 'dietary antioxidants' may protect against chronic disease. Many research programs are underway in this area. Epidemiological evidence suggests that the consumption of fruits and vegetables may reduce the risk of both cancer and cardiovascular disease, and it has been hypothesized that this is due in part to the presence of antioxidant compounds in fruits and vegetables. As a result, these compounds have been considered together by many people and loosely termed dietary antioxidants.Closer examination, however, reveals that compounds typically grouped together as dietary antioxidants can differ quite considerably from one another, both in terms of their chemical behavior and in terms of their biological properties. This report from the Institute of Medicine's Food and Nutrition Board provides a proposed definition of dietary antioxidants so as to characterize the biological properties of these compounds.

Table of contents

• COVER PAGE
• PANEL ON DIETARY ANTIOXIDANTS AND RELATED COMPOUNDS
• STANDING COMMITTEE ON THE SCIENTIFIC EVALUATION OF DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKES
• FOOD AND NUTRITION BOARD
• REVIEWERS
• Contents
• Dietary Reference Intakes: Proposed Definition and Plan for Review of Dietary Antioxidants and Related Compounds
• Introduction
• Toward a Definition of Dietary Antioxidant
• Proposed Definition
• Food Components that will be Reviewed by the Panel
• Food Components that will not be Reviewed by the Panel
• Summary
• Selected References General Beta-Carotene and Other Carotenoids
• Appendix Acknowledgments