date:May 14, 2013
exercise, and the administration of vitamin C, an antioxidant. Though blood pressure levels did not return to those of a normal, healthy person, the vitamin C did effectively reduce blood pressure spikes for the PAD patients during exercise. It worked, apparently, because antioxidants work to prevent reactive oxygen species from causing damage to cells.
This indicates that during normal, everyday activities such as walking, an impaired antioxidant system - as well as other factors - plays a rol