Penn Herb Wellness Guide
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Interactions with Supplements, Foods, & Other Compounds
Antioxidants include many different nutrients, each of which has the potential to interact with drugs. Look up the unique interactions for each and discuss the potential benefits and risks of your current medications with your doctor or pharmacist before adding antioxidants, such as:
- Minerals: manganese, zinc, and copper, selenium
- Vitamins: vitamin C, vitamin E, beta-carotene, lutein, lycopene, vitamin B2, coenzyme Q10
- Amino acid: cysteine
- Herbs: bilberry, turmeric (curcumin), grape seed or pine bark extracts, ginkgo can also provide powerful antioxidant protection for the body
- Antioxidant-rich "superfoods": mangosteen, kombucha, acai, pomegranate, goji berry, and chia seed
Interactions with Medicines
Certain medicines interact with this supplement.
Types of interactions:beneficial= Beneficialadverse= Adversecheck= Check
 Replenish Depleted Nutrients
| none |
| Reduce Side Effects | none |
| Support Medicine | |
 Reduces Effectiveness
| none |
| Potential Negative Interaction
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 Explanation Required
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