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Article: A dose of realism

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April 3, 2007
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News last month that vitamins designed to ward off disease and the effects of aging actually raise the risk of death were troubling indeed.

Antioxidant vitamins are seen by many as an antidote for an imperfect lifestyle. One too many beer and burger outings? Eat a multivitamin and don't worry about it.

Now comes the news they can ... kill you? Well, as is the case with many accounts of vitamin use and effectiveness, perhaps not exactly.

The study, published in The Journal of the American Medical Association, examined 68 separate trials that looked at the effects of antioxidant vitamins in varying circumstances. A subgroup of the studies showed people who took vitamins A, E and beta ...

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