I think you’ve hit on a key issue that doesn’t seem to be fully addressed. As other members have posted, research on antioxidant content of specific foods can be contradictory. Leaving this issue unresolved could significantly hamper the effectiveness of CD and make people think that CD isn’t effective. Even fasting (for MMS1) may not be the best option, since strategic small meals can increase the stomach acid that adds to MMS1 activation. And Jim Humble says that even water can influence your stomach acid and therefore MMS1 effectiveness.
One key data point is vitamin C, the master antioxidant, which is therefore anathema to an oxidant like CD. Yet eliminating vitamin C supplementation over a three-week CD protocol probably isn’t a good idea either. There’s good evidence that vitamin C stays in the body for several hours, so taking it two hours before dosing doesn’t give you a safe zone. So I take it one hour after my last CD dose for the day.
The proscriptions mentioned by Curious Human cover a wide range of foods: “Nuts, fruits, vegetables that are high in antioxidants, juice with added vitamin-C or ascorbic acid, alcohol, coffee certain teas, and any other foods high in antioxidants, orange juice (and other strong citrus juices), mineral supplements, vitamin supplements, time-release supplements, coconut juice, dairy products, chocolate (cacao), hydrogen gas, and water (Medicinal).”
Even animal products are suspect. Eggs have the antioxidants lutein and zeaxanthin, for example. But, from my research, chicken and sardines don’t seem to be high in antioxidants.We may never get hard answers, so we have to experiment. We already know that, between doses, we shouldn’t have large meals anyway. We also know that the right foods can help the stomach produce acid, which MMS1 needs.
So I play the percentages. Twenty minutes after a MMS1 dose I eat one sardine or an equivalent amount of (raw) organic chicken. So I aim for low antioxidants, a small meal, and a boost for stomach acid. I also hold off taking liquids until 45 minutes after a dose, when I drink about 8 ounces water. I also make each dose fresh.
The above approach may not be best, but it’s definitely working for me. The lump on my chest is definitely disappearing, and I haven’t even finished the startup phase yet.