Should aerobically active individuals take supplemental forms of antioxidants?
All factors considered, the jury is still out on whether an individual should take antioxidant supplements. On one hand, the renowned founder and president of the Cooper Institute for Aerobics Research (based in Dallas, Texas), Kenneth Cooper, M.D., claims that individuals who exercise regularly need antioxidant supplements more than ever. Other scientists — in an attempt to examine Cooper’s largely anecdotal-documented claims — have conducted scientifically controlled studies, which have produced results that actually refute Cooper’s recommendations.
