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From: Dr. Neal Pinckney (user-10cm74j.cable.mindspring.com)
In Reply to: Multivitamins? posted by SamGap on August 9, 2003 at 10:20 am:
To ask if it's "true" about much of science and medical research is perhaps asking too much. There have been a number of studies about antioxidants as well as many other vitamins and minerals, some of which have concluded that certain ones or combinations improve cardiovascular health, and there have been others whose conclusions indicate much the opposite. A large number of these studies have had populations who engaged in behaviors that may have influenced the results, such as smoking, various diets or exercise levels, and some had very selected or limited sample populations. So it's really not quite possible to say a conclusion is "true". But we do know that vitamin A (beta carotene) does little good for heart patients and may even cause some harm, and that vitamin E probably does not have any beneficial value for heart disease (but may help protect again some cancers and has not been shown to be harmful to cardiovascular condition). Other vitamins, such as B6, B12 and folates may have beneficial effects. Multivitamins are convenient and often economical, but they tend to throw in 'everything except the kitchen sink', usually in small enough amounts that they do little or no harm (or sometimes, good). But for men and postmenopausal women at risk for heart disease, multivitamins should not be a problem unless they contain iron.
Subject: Re: Multivitamins?
Date: August 9, 2003 at 6:51 pm PST
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