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Hi Keith

    Antioxidants will definitely help protect you from oxidization damage and
free radical damage.  I'm not sure about 02 toxicity though - I'm not too clear
on the exact mechanisms of toxicity (if anyone is, please elaborate).  I would
doubt (just my opinion) that antioxidants would do anything to combat it since
it is my guess that toxicity is a direct response to high PO2 rather than
something to do with the byproducts of oxidization.

Ben

Keith Taylor wrote:

> Since I started tech/deco diving I've made it a point to take anti-oxidents
> (vitamin E, etc.) as part of my daily diving regimen on the theory that
> having a solid supply of these vitamins in my blood would help protect me
> from the damage from high PO2 exposure and maybe prevent an O2 tox.  I don't
> have any established data for this, does anyone else do this, is there any
> research out there that shows that doing this is a help or hinderance?
>
> TIA,
>
> Keith
>
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