Fruits and Vegetables Are Trying to Kill You

You probably try to exercise regularly and eat right. Perhaps you steer toward “superfoods," fruits, nuts, and vegetables advertised as “antioxidant,” or vitamins to protect against “free radicals.” In truth, says Moises Velasquez- Manoff in Aeon Magazine, fruits and vegetables are indeed healthful but not necessarily because they shield you from oxidative stress. They may in fact improve health for quite the opposite reason: They stress you.