"It turns out that total antioxidant capacity of diet may also be protective against stroke, the world’s leading cause of death after heart disease. This is in contradiction to all the antioxidant supplement studies that failed to show benefit. This may be because the food antioxidant studies took into account thousands of different compounds, in doses obtained from a usual diet, rather than individual nutrients at unnaturally high levels."
Does Antioxidant Intake Matter for Stroke and Heart Disease? Nutritionfacts.org. Michael Greger M.D. April 9, 2015. http://nutritionfacts.org/2015/04/09/food-antioxidants-stroke-and-heart-disease/
