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Tuesday, July 01, 2003

Vitamins Scmitavins

Oooh, my mother will not be happy to hear this:

    Researchers haven’t found enough evidence to prove conclusively that vitamins can prevent conditions like cancer or heart disease, a U.S. government panel of experts says.

    In fact, the Preventive Services Task Force says certain supplements can actually make matters worse…

    [...]

    “Vitamin supplements may be necessary for individuals whose diets don’t provide the recommended amounts of specific vitamins,” said the panel’s vice chair, Janet Allen, dean of the University of Maryland School of Nursing. “However, the benefits of vitamin supplements for the general population remain uncertain.”

Mom takes about 20 different pills (supplements) daily. I’m not kidding. And she’s a healthy eater**, so she probably doesn’t need 15 of the 20 supplements she takes every day.

** By healthy eater, I mean she eats healthy stuff.

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