Thursday, November 27, 2008

News Keeps Getting Worse for Vitamins


From the New York Times, a series of studies showing the worthlessness of vitamins (90% of them) and harmful effects of many...
"The best efforts of the scientific community to prove the health benefits of vitamins keep falling short.

"This week, researchers reported the disappointing results from a large clinical trial of almost 15,000 male doctors taking vitamins E and C for a decade. The study showed no meaningful effect on cancer rates.

"Another recent study found no benefit of vitamins E and C for heart disease..."
And that's just the beginning, reports the New York Times...More here. (PDF here in case.)

What's the problem?

We'd say it's because the run-of-the-mill vitamins people take are synthetic and filled with junk - like artificial colors.

Are Your Vitamins Safe? tells the sorry story and offers a new type of whole food multi alternative...

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