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There are eight members of the B complex family all of which work together. Each helps the other do a better job. Much of the B complex is very fragile and can be destroyed by storage, shipping and cooking. The big three killers of the complex are heat, air and light. For instance, prolonged heating…

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Vitamin C is our major water soluble antioxidant vitamin. Let’s take a look at one “overview” study on C and cancer. Dr. Gladys Block, an epidemiologist at the University of California at Berkeley and formerly with the National Cancer Institute, did a survey and summary of 90 valid studies of C and cancer. This was…

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Vitamin E is our number one fat soluble antioxidant and the first defense against lipid peroxidation. Vitamin E protects against the damage and breakdown of polyunsaturated fatty acids, which we will call PUFA for short, that are predominant in our cell membranes. E is also essential in cancer prevention by protecting cell DNA from free…

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