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Article · Volume 16, Issue 1 · pp. 32–33

Rethinking “Antioxidant” Health Claims on Supplement Labels: A Call for Regulatory Caution

Mueen Ahmed KK1

  1. 1Manuscript Technomedia LLP, No. 22 (New No. 40), 3rd Cross, Vivekananda Nagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka, INDIA.

Abstract

Antioxidant dietary supplements continue to be marketed to the public with broad implications of disease prevention and “healthy aging,” yet the weight of randomized evidence has not kept pace with the confidence of the claims. I write to argue that this gap warrants closer regulatory attention to consumer-facing antioxidant messaging.

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