Why doctors don't like to talk about antioxidants (Slate)
Any appeal to “evidence” in support of that view would have little traction with the consumer; double-blinded medical studies are counterbalanced, in America, by a parallel system of peer review in the form of a nonstop confab of health-themed talk shows, print magazines, and blogs.
I don’t think Sepkowitz really believes as much as his byline (“Antioxiants don’t work, but no one wants to hear it”) implies, but it’s still an interesting perspective on the antioxidant craze. I also think that this quote applies well beyond the field of medicine.
