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Article: Sorting out the studies on vitamin supplements
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
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- December 10, 2001
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Sorting out the studies on vitamin supplements
By JOHN FAUBER
of the Journal Sentinel staff
Monday, December 10, 2001
Vitamin pills. You can't live with them, and you can't live
without them.
At least that's the way it seems over the last month as a rash of
studies involving heart disease and the use of various vitamin
supplements found that the pills either help, hurt or have no
benefit.
It is the kind of information that can cause confusion among
health-conscious consumers and shows just how complicated the state
of knowledge on that topic really is.
In theory, vitamin supplements such as the antioxidants vitamins E
and C as well as certain B vitamins can reduce heart disease and ...