Yikes! I hated to read this...(resveratrol)

[evangelin]

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World J Gastroenterol. 2010 Jan 14;16(2):184-92.

An antioxidant resveratrol significantly enhanced replication of hepatitis C virus.
Nakamura M, Saito H, Ikeda M, Hokari R, Kato N, Hibi T, Miura S.

Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Keio University, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 1608582, Japan.

AIM: To elucidate the effect of antioxidants, resveratrol (RVT) and astaxanthin (AXN), on hepatitis C virus (HCV) replication. METHODS: We investigated the effect of recent popular antioxidant supplements on replication of the HCV replicon system OR6. RVT is a strong antioxidant and a kind of polyphenol that inhibits replication of various viruses. AXN is also a strong antioxidant. The replication of HCV RNA was assessed by the luciferase reporter assay. An additive effect of antioxidants on antiviral effects of interferon (IFN) and ribavirin (RBV) was investigated. RESULTS: This is the first report to investigate the effect of RVT and AXN on HCV replication. In contrast to other reported viruses, RVT significantly enhanced HCV RNA replication. Vitamin E also enhanced HCV RNA replication as reported previously, although AXN did not affect replication. IFN and RBV significantly reduced HCV RNA replication, but these effects were dose-dependently hampered and attenuated by the addition of RVT. AXN did not affect antiviral effects of IFN or RBV. CONCLUSION: These results suggested that RVT is not suitable as an antioxidant therapy for chronic hepatitis C.

PMID: 20066737 [PubMed - in process]

[evangelin]

Vitamin E is also looking suspect.  I remember reading this about vit E in a previous study.  That study showed viral replication to be inhibited by beta carotene and something else which I can't recall right now.  Maybe HR would tell us that it is so rejuvenating to the liver that it is still better to take it but he is no longer around to ask.  I sure miss him.  
I have started Joe on some quercetin for now and am sticking with the good bioavailable curcumin , green tea,ALA, vit D and good old milk thistle. (There are others I add sometimes)   I am always modifying the list as I learn.
  It is so confusing though.  "It's good"... "No, it's bad"  I do what I can and then try to give it up to prayer so I don't lose my peace.
Ev

[Rockerforlife]

I guess a glass of  red wine has a double whammy on the  liver if this is true.

[Isobella]

I hate it too....just started it again after attaining SVR.....think I'll stop it.  Stick with green tea and grapefruit.

Thanks for posting.