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Studies on Vitamin E and beta-carotene
- In 1994, researchers found that subjects that took vitamin E and beta-carotene were more likely to die from lung cancer or heart disease.
- A 1996 study found that vitamin A and beta-carotene increased the risk of dying from cancer and heart disease.
- A 2004 study found that vitamin A, C, E, and beta-carotene seemed to increase overall mortality.
- Several other studies came to the same conclusion.
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Why studies show supplemental antioxidants are harmful
The most likely explanation of why studies show that supplemental antioxidants are harmful is that free radicals aren't as bad as people believe.
While free radicals can damage DNA and disrupt cell membranes, it's not always bad. Free radicals kill bacteria and new ...
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Vitamins cause damage
Nutrition experts state that we only need what's typically found in a routine diet.
Industry representatives argue that we need supplements as foods don't contain enough.
Yet, studies show that vitamin supplements increase the risk of cancer a...
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Studies on Vitamin C
In 1942, a study concluded that there is no indication that vitamin C alone, an antihistamine alone, or vitamin C plus an antihistamine have any important effect on the duration or severity of infections of the upper respiratory tract.
Other studies followed and also conclu...
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The man who won two Nobel Prizes but was spectacularly wrong
Linus Pauling is hailed as one of the greatest scientists ever. When Pauling was 65 years old, he mentioned at a talk how much pleasure he took in reading about scientific discoveries and hoped he could live another 25 years.
A biochemist, Irwin Stone, who had been at the talk, wrote to Pau...
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- In 1994, one trial followed the lives of 29,133 Finish people in their 50s who all smoked. Some were given beta-carotene supplements. The group that supplemented with Beta-carotene had a 16% increase in lung cancer.
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Vitamin D supplementation
Getting vitamin D through supplementation shows zero benefits. A study over a period of 5 years found supplementing with Vitamin D had no impact on cancer, heart disease, or stroke.
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Results On Multivitamins
- In studies testing the four common supplements of multivitamins, vitamin D, calcium and vitamin C, there was no reduction in the incidence of heart disease, stroke or premature death.
- Folic acid supplements showed a reduction in heart disease and stroke. But high levels of folic ac...
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