Multivitamin Researchers Say 'Case Is Closed' As Studies Find No Health Benefits 554
schwit1 sends this excerpt from CBS:
"'Enough' with the multivitamins already. That's the message from doctors behind three new studies and an editorial that tackled an oft-debated question in medicine: Do daily multivitamins make you healthier? After reviewing the available evidence and conducting new trials, the authors have come to a conclusion of 'no.' 'We believe that the case is closed — supplementing the diet of well-nourished adults with (most) mineral or vitamin supplements has no clear benefit and might even be harmful,' concluded the authors of the editorial summarizing the new research papers, published Dec. 16 in the Annals of Internal Medicine. 'These vitamins should not be used for chronic disease prevention. Enough is enough.' They went on to urge consumers to not 'waste' their money on multivitamins."
Re:supplementing the diet of well-nourished adults (Score:5, Funny)
SHHHH! Case closed! Stop asking questions.
Re:supplementing the diet of well-nourished adults (Score:4, Funny)
yeah, and those that don't get a balanced diet?
Reduce funding to supplimental assistance, call them lazy, imply that obesity and poor health is a moral failing, and that prayer is an effective medical treatment.
Duh... what are you, some kind of non-american? :/
Re: But who takes them to cure heart disease? (Score:2, Funny)
I take 'em to prevent scurvy. Arghhh!
Sure (Score:5, Funny)
"doctors behind three new studies ..."
Doctors? Who cares what doctors say, what does Jenny McCarthy say?
Re:supplementing the diet of well-nourished adults (Score:4, Funny)
Ah. Living alone with multivitamins it is, then.
Re:supplementing the diet of well-nourished adults (Score:3, Funny)
Don't get me started about all of the dihydrogen monoxide chemical additives in food these days. I mean, some places even sell it in bottles!
Re:supplementing the diet of well-nourished adults (Score:5, Funny)
You can use pills to get girls into bed with you - but you generally have to crush them up so they're not noticed.