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Article: A Dose of Debate // Experts Differ on the Benefits Vitamin Supplements Provide
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- January 29, 1995
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When Andy Casagranda was supposed to be talking about all-season
radials, he was talking instead about beta carotene and Vitamin E.
Casagranda, who quit the retail tire business to open the
Natural Edge health store in Groton, Conn., is one of millions of
Americans who swear by vitamin supplements.
Their belief is at the center of a debate among nutritionists
and health care professionals over the benefits - even necessity - of
vitamin supplements in a healthful diet.
"Vitamins are nutrients essential to human beings," said Kary
Mukaida, a nutritionist with the University of Connecticut Health
Center in Storrs. "What's gotten publicity recently is how large
doses of certain nutrients ...