Here's my concern with this SUPPOSEDLY new discovery on Multivitamins: BS. I've have highlighted areas that I think are bogus because BIG PHARMA can't control the NATURAL things that help us. My questions or comments are Highlight.
I am NOT a licensed medical practitioner, these are just my thoughts on this subject. I have not given any medical advice here, just food for thought.
Published October 10, 2011
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women taking multivitamins don't live longer than those who get their nutrients from food alone, a new U.S. study shows.
In fact, they appear to have slightly higher death rates, researchers found.
"There is very little evidence showing that common dietary supplements would be beneficial in prevention of major chronic diseases," said Dr. Jaakko Mursu of the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, who worked on the new study. ***My Comment on this:Ever wondered IF Big Pharma would lie to you just so you'd take their BAD DRUGS?***
"Unless you are deficient, there is hardly any reason to take them," he told Reuters Health. ***my comment on this: The reason that you'd be deficient is because THEY don't provide this mineral supplement in their product and if they did the amount would be so small that it would be insignificant***
About half of adult Americans take dietary supplements, and the industry now boasts of annual sales as high as $20 billion. ***My comment: THIS IS WHY THEY'RE CONCERNED***
Yet research suggests that some of the largely unregulated substances -- such as vitamins A and E -- could be harmful in high doses, according to an editorial published along with the new findings in the Archives of Internal Medicine. ***My comment: DUH!! That's not NEW news idiots***
"The belief that antioxidant supplements are beneficial seems likely to have resulted from a collective error," Dr. Goran Bjelakovic of the University of Nis in Serbia and Dr. Christian Gluud of Rigshospitalet in Copenhagen write. "Perhaps oxidative stress is one of the keys to extension of our life span."
Mursu and his colleagues used data from nearly 39,000 older women who participated in the Iowa Women's Health Study and filled out questionnaires starting in 1986.
The survey asked about use of multivitamins, vitamins A, C, D and E as well as beta-carotene, B vitamins and minerals such as calcium, copper, magnesium, selenium and zinc.
During the study, supplements became increasingly popular: Between 1986 and 2004, the proportion of women who said they took one or more jumped from 63 percent to 85 percent.
Only calcium supplements were linked to a lower risk of death over 19 years of follow-up, with 37 percent of users dying compared to 43 percent of nonusers. That link held up even after considering that women taking supplements had a healthier lifestyle than the rest.
By contrast, women taking other supplements did not live longer. For instance, 41 percent of multivitamin users died versus 40 percent of nonusers -- and the gap became even wider when adjusting the numbers based on health problems like diabetes, high blood pressure and overweight in the two groups. ***My Comment: BUT what was their lifestyles, what did they die of? DUH!! problems that requires BIG PHARMA meds. NO FREAKING wonder. BAD DRUGS***
Mursu said he expects his findings will be true for men as well, adding that they jibe with earlier research hinting that dietary supplements do little good in Western countries where vitamin deficiency is not common. ***BS***
One possible exception is vitamin D, which one recent study suggests may help women live a little longer.
Mursu also cautioned that his study doesn't prove supplements cause harm. ***OH MY GOODNESS...The truth of the LIE***
"I would rather conclude that there is no evidence for benefits," he said. ***IF you READ the Whole TRUTH and SEPERATE it from the LIE, you'll learn the REAL TRUTH***
The 2010 U.S. dietary guidelines recommend getting nutrients from foods, not supplements. ***BS! Most food has been "Genetically Modified" per GOV'T instructions, thus the nutrients are missing and poison injected in their place***
However, ***Here where the rubber meets the road: HOWEVER...SURE SOUNDS LIKE GOV'T BS TO ME. You hear the lie and then interwoven is some truth so it all becomes the truth yet remains a BIG FREAKING LIE*** HOWERVER, women of reproductive age group are advised to get extra folic acid and those who are pregnant may want to take iron supplements if their doctor suggests it. The guidelines also urge people 50 and older to get extra vitamin B12 from fortified foods or supplements.
The government website http://www.choosemyplate.gov has tips on how to eat a balanced diet. Information on individual supplements can be found at http://ods.od.nih.gov.
FRUIT AND VEGETABLES BETTER?
Duffy MacKay of the Council for Responsible Nutrition, a trade association representing manufacturers and ingredient suppliers of dietary supplements, disagreed with the researchers' conclusion that doctors should only recommend supplements to people with deficiencies.
He added that in the case of iron, women on high doses may have underlying conditions that could explain their higher death rates.
While Mursu acknowledged that shortcoming, he said it is unlikely to be relevant for multivitamins, which usually aren't prescribed by a doctor.
Short of getting sick, he said it's hard to know if you are getting enough vitamins and minerals -- and screening everybody would be prohibitively expensive.
His advice?
"Include as many vegetables and as much fruit as you can. There is hardly any reason to limit those, and they contain a whole lot of vitamins and minerals."
SOURCE: http://bit.ly/7qXyI Archives of Internal Medicine, October 10, 2011.
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