Antioxidants have been pitched from grocery store shelves, vitamin supplement labels, and by nutritionist sketchballs for as long as I can remember. Indeed, the basic idea traces all the way back to the 1920s and the identification of vitamin E and its benefits for the reproductive health of mice. The idea would peak in the early 00’s with the sudden ascendancy of the “superfoods” marketing movement—largely premised on the idea of beneficial antioxidants—and it’s waned only slightly since.

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