...Vitamin Pills Don't Stand Up To Scientific Scrutiny"
PD Friends,
I know there have been a lot of pro-vitamin messages on the list.
When I saw this on ABCNews.com I thought I'd drop a pointer to it on
the list to gather reactions.
Personally, I take a C, E and multi-vitamin supplement daily. Now I wonder.
Below is the URL of the story. I've also copied the first 2 paragraphs.
Bill
ps - the subject line isn't mine, it comes from ABC.
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http://abcnews.go.com/sections/living/DailyNews/antioxidants000315.html
B O S T O N, March 15- Vitamin pills that millions of Americans are
taking to ward off disease do no good, say experts in the field, and
in some cases even increase the risk of illness.
Though early research raised scientists' hopes that taking
vitamins C, E, beta-carotene and the other nutrients known as
antioxidants might be a hedge against cancer and heart disease, the
latest studies don't back that up.
"It's my feeling that [antioxidants] do at least as much harm as
good, and often more," says Dr. Victor Herbert, professor of medicine
at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York.
